Sasquan Convention Guide

The 73rd World Science Fiction Convention Spokane, Washington, USA, Earth • August 19–23, 2015 See inside back cover for Doubletree map. CONTENTS 1 Sasquan The 73rd World Science Fiction Convention Spokane, Washington, USA, Earth • August 19-23, 2015

2 ...... Quick Reference

27 ...... Wednesday

39 ...... Thursday

67 ...... Friday

96 ...... Saturday

124 ...... Sunday

136 ...... Participant Schedules

Credits: Chair: Sally Woehrle Program Division Head: Laurie Mann Convention Guide Editor: Paul Selkirk Proofreader: Kaye Tornbrugh Content Organizers: Phyllis Eide, Laurie Mann Cover: Brad W. Foster

“World Science Fiction Society,” “WSFS,” “World Science Fiction Convention,” “Worldcon,” “NASFiC,” “Hugo Award,” and the distinctive design of the Hugo Award rocket are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unin- corporated literary society. 2 QUICK REFERENCE Greetings from the Chair

Greetings and Welcome to Sasquan! All the staff and I are happy that you have made the trek to beautiful Spokane. We are working on making this an experience that you will remember for years. Inside this book is most everything that you need to know about Sas- quan. Tere are policies so that you know what is expected. Tere are lists of where everything in the Convention Center and Hotels are located. By everything I mean items such as: t
Where are the Exhibits and specific exhibits? t
Where is the Art Show, Dealers Room, Programming Rooms, and the Office? t
Where and when are certain Events? t
What are the hours of operation for all of these places? So please take a few minutes to look through this book. Ten go out and have a wonderful exciting and informative time. Sally Woehrle, Sasquan Chair Accessing Online Schedule/Mobile App

For a frequently-updated version of the convention schedule, check https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/sasquan/en Te mobile app for this Convention Guide is in the app stores; the access code is SASQUAN (it is not case sensitive) Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grenadine.confee Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/grenadine-event-guide/ id886788146?mt=8 First Step For Attending Sasquan—Registration

Go to Hall D/Riverside Lobby of the Convention Center and pick up your badge (if you’re pre-registered) or buy a membership (if you’re not). Bring a photo ID—it’ll make picking up your badge faster. Hours: t
Tuesday 3:00pm–8:00pm (pre-registered only) t
Wednesday 9:00am–7:00pm t
Tursday: 9:00am–7:00pm t
Friday: 9:00am–7:00pm t
Saturday 9:00am–7:00pm t
Sunday 9:00am–1:00pm Badges Love ’em, wear ’em, keep ’em as a memory of this great event. …annnnd they have a purpose beyond collectability. You’ll need your badge to get into all events of the convention, including the Art Show, Dealers’ Room, Masquerade, panels….well, you get the picture. Wear it securely and visibly (i.e. not covered up by costuming) at all times while at the convention, which will have badge- checkers at the entrance to many functions at the con. Note that if you lose it, you’ll have to buy a new one; if your original badge is found or turned in, you’ll receive a refund. Your badge says to everyone attending—“I support Worldcon!” Without all the attendees and supporters, plus the many volunteers and staff, Worldcon would not exist. It also lets the larger community of Spokane know that you are part of one of the largest, if not the largest convention, ever put on in this city. Lost Badges Check at Registration, CC Hall D, see if your badge has been turned in. If it hasn’t, you will need to buy a new one. Your cost will be refunded if you find your original badge or if it gets turned in. QUICK REFERENCE 3 Lost and Found

During the day (between 9am and 6pm), bring lost items to or ask about missing items at the Convention Office in CC 102. At night (between 6pm and 9am), bring lost items to or ask about missing items at Convention Operations in Parkside 1, 3rd floor, DBT. Convention Overview

To help Sasquan run smoothly: t
Wear your Sasquan badge at all times in the convention venues at the Spokane Convention Center and other Sasquan events held at the DoubleTree and the historic Davenport Hotel. t
Read and obey signs. In most cases a “Reserved” sign means a chair or table may not be for you (but if you keep looking, you’ll probably find one). t
Set your phone or other potentially noisy devices to “silent” during all program items and events. t
During events and program items, do not block the aisles or the doors. If you arrive late to an item, enter quietly and sit near the back. t
While our Convention Center has free WiFi, avoid live webcast- ing, streaming or uploading video from the Connvention Center. t
When attending a program item, save your questions and com- ments when most moderators will invite Q&A. t
When a program item ends, do not rush the head table to ask for autographs or engage the panelists in private conversation. In order for items to start on time, the previous item must end on time so let the panelists leave the room. You might have a better opportunity for such conversations during a Stroll with the Stars, Artist/Author Alley, Kaffee Klatches or Literary Beers, or at one of the many parties that will occur over the course of the convention. t
Be polite about recording items, and pay attention to “No Pho- tography” or “No Recording” signs. Non-disruptive photogra- phy is generally fine unless someone objects (and selfies often constitute disruptive photography). When in doubt, Ask First! Tis is especially true if you wish to take photographs of any Native American participants who are dressed in regalia for a panel or presentation. t
A few items may be explicitly marked “Recording/photography not permitted.” Extra staff will be patrolling those items and if you are seen to be recording/photographing at these items, you will be escorted out of the room and your recording device might be confiscated. Code of Conduct

Sasquan strives to provide a safe, hospitable, harassment-free con- vention experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental ability or disability, physical appearance, coloration, physical attributes, age, body size, body shape, race, ethnicity, citizenship status, employment, socioeconomic status, familial status, military or veteran status, achievements, national origin, ancestry, worldview, political party preference, political belief, political affiliation, creed, or religion (or lack thereof). Te purpose of this policy is to deter harassment and harmful conduct and lay out the consequences of such actions. We expect all attendees, participants, guests, members, volunteers, and staff to act responsibly, courteously and considerately, and to fol- low this code of conduct during the convention, convention-related events, and convention staff meetings. We further expect all staff to follow this code during all staff interactions, virtual or in-person. Reasonable and objective examination of beliefs, including critical commentary on another person’s views, does not by itself constitute harassment. One of the underlying rationales of this policy is to pro- mote—not inhibit—discussion and free exchanges of ideas between 4 QUICK REFERENCE persons of differing views. Furthermore, the responsibility for set- tling interpersonal disputes lies solely with the individuals involved. Harassment, however, is something that is the responsibility of every- one, including Sasquan, to address, and it will not be tolerated. Reporting To report an incident of harassment, or to ask questions about policy or specific, contact the Operations division. During the convention, you may report an incident by t
sending email to [email protected] t
bringing information to the Operations office at the convention t
telephoning the Operations division; number available at the con. t
reporting the issue to any member of the Sasquan staff, who are instructed to immediately refer such issues to Operations. Anyone witnessing what they believe to be a violation of this policy is encouraged to report it to Convention Operations who will follow up on reports at their discretion. Te Operations division is tasked with responding and taking action regarding incidents of harassment and other issues that might inter- fere with the convention or the safety of attendees. After an issue has been reported, Operations will communicate updates and actions taken to parties involved in the issue, as outlined in more detail below. Please note that we only commit to responding to issues which are reported directly to the convention. Complaints reported to various blogs, mailing lists, or other third-party channels may not be seen or acknowledged. Also note that Sasquan’s Marketing division, includ- ing social media, will not discuss specific issues that may involve confidential or personal information; they will simply refer any issues they become aware of on to Operations. Photography No touching or photographing other people without their consent to the extent possible by your surroundings. We do not expect pho- tographers to chase down people who may wander into their shot of another person or who are standing in the background. However, we do expect photographers to ask permission before photographing that really neat person in a costume. Being in costume does not imply consent for photographing. Behavior Sasquan members and convention staff have the right to be free from unwanted harassment at the convention and while performing con- vention-related duties throughout the year. Harassment is behavior which focuses unwelcome attention on a person and either inap- propriately crosses reasonable expectations of social boundaries, or continues after a clear showing of disinterest or a request to desist. Te following list of behaviors and rules is intended to be a guide and is not an exhaustive list of all possible forms of harassment. No touching other people without consent. Tis includes glomping, hugging, kissing, fondling, and hands on knees, backs, shoulders, and hair—ask first! Te fact that someone is in costume does not imply consent for touching—ask first! Do not assume that physical contact will be welcome or appreciated. Some folks do not like to be touched and will respect and like you more if you respect their personal space. You are encouraged to ask for unequivocal consent for all activities. Other behaviors that constitutes harassment include: t
following someone without a legitimate reason t
making threats of any type against a person t
deliberate intimidation of another person t
unwelcome sexual remarks, jokes, or taunting t
repeated requests for dates or sexual favors, or t
leering, staring, or suggestive gestures. QUICK REFERENCE 5

Harassment might also involve assault. Assault is a very serious crime, and any report of such will be immediately reported to law enforcement. Convention Procedures Persons asked to stop any harmful conduct or harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Te exact remedy for harmful con- duct or harassing conduct will depend on an evaluation of all relevant circumstances, such as the severity of the conduct and prior viola- tions by the person engaging in prohibited conduct. Anyone violating this policy may be expelled from the meeting, event, or convention without a refund at the discretion of the convention organizers. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed or engaging in harmful conduct, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of convention staff or convention security immedi- ately. Convention staff can be identified by special badges. Convention staff or security will be happy to help participants con- tact hotel/venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the convention. Any staff member wearing a convention badge may receive a report of harassment, and it is each staff member’s responsibility to treat a person making such a report with respect. Convention staff are also required to report all incidents brought to their attention. Tese incidents should be reported to convention security as soon as possible but no later than 4 hours after reported. Upon receipt of a harassment report, convention security will develop a full report of the incident. Tis development will include interviews with all participants and any witnesses. Tis report shall be com- pleted as soon as possible after the report is made but no later than 24 hours after the report is made. Upon completion of their report, convention security shall forward their report to the Chair of the Convention who shall, upon evalu- ating the totality of the circumstances, decide upon the appropriate disciplinary action. As noted above, disciplinary action may include a verbal warning or even expulsion from the event. Marijuana Marijuana is legal in the State of Washington; however, it is still pro- hibited by federal law. Public consumption of marijuana products is still illegal under the new Washington State law. Terefore, marijuana use is not permitted in any convention space including open parties and parties on the party floor. For more information regarding the new regulations and law, please refer to the Washington State Liquor Control Board page on the matter. Weapons Policy No weapons whether edged or projectile firing or replicas (weapon props) thereof may be carried in any part of the convention center unless they have been peace-bonded by the Convention staff in Operations. Tis may be checked by the Operations team from time to time during the convention. Real firearms are not allowed in the convention area at any time. Light emitting Laser devices are not per- mitted in the convention area unless being used in a program to point items out as part of the Program item. Te convention reserves the right to decide what constitutes a weapon/weapon prop depending on the attendee’s use of the article. Operations shift supervisors will have final say on what constitutes a weapon or weapon prop. Anyone found carrying a non-peace-bonded weapon or weapon prop will be asked to return it to their room. Prop Weapons During the Masquerade Te Masquerade Director must approve the use of a weapons prop during the Masquerade. If you wish to use live steel or real non-fire- arm weapons (e.g. whips), you will need to also notify Operations staff. Weapon props (or real weapons) for the Masquerade must be wrapped when being transported to and from the Masquerade. Te Masquerade Director must be informed in advance of any weapons props or real weapons being used. In the case of real weapons, which may not include firearms of any sort, an Operations supervisor will 6 QUICK REFERENCE attend the pre-Masquerade meeting to ensure that all safety pre- cautions are being adhered to by those who will be wielding those weapons. Dealers Weapons and weapon props sold in the Dealers’ room must be wrapped by the dealer and taken away by the purchaser and not unwrapped until off site, in the buyer’s hotel room or in the Oper- ations room if the purchaser wishes to peace-bond the weapon or weapon prop. Please remember that no firearms will be peace-bonded and take them away wrapped. Dealers must make customers aware of the need to keep weapons wrapped until they have been approved and peace-bonded by the Operations team. And, while it is true that more people see weapons about on the streets in the US, it is also true that a great many fans find the display and use of these intimidating. Tis policy is basically intended to ensure members feel that their safety is being taken into account. Smoking Te Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 70.160 (a.k.a. “Te law”) ensures that all public places and places of employment are smoke free; business owners must post “No Smoking Signs” on all entrances to the premise, and ensure that no patrons are smoking within 25 feet of any door, window, or exit. Terefore, smoking is not allowed in any of the convention indoor venues, and smokers must respect the 25 foot restriction when outdoors. QUICK REFERENCE 7 Venues

Sasquan’s primary venue is the Spokane Convention Center (CC). Events, Program, Exhibits and Offices are all here. Adjacent to the Spokane Convention Center is the DoubleTree (DBT); it’s located at the Exhibit Hall end of the Convention Center. Te DoubleTree has daytime activities like SpoCon Presents, Gaming, the Teen Lounge and some small Program items & Meetups on the first floor. Convention Operations, Childcare and the Con Suite upstairs in the hotel. Te DoubleTree also has evening activities like Filking & Anime. While the brand new Grand Hotel does not have any official conven- tion functions, Sasquan has many members staying there and there are excellent bars and restaurants. 47North/Amazon is sponsoring a an open reception there on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 in the Cedar Ballroom. Riverfront Park is out the back doors of the Convention Center and will be home to First Night, a Star Party, and Stroll with the Stars. If you are staying in a Red Lion Hotel, crossing Riverfront Park is the fastest way to get to Sasquan. Te Davenport (DAV) is a few blocks away and has open evening par- ties, the evening Fanzine Lounge and Dances. All of the venues, as well as the Red Lions and the Rubys, are nearby. Spokane is a very flat, shady, walkable city with a straightforward checkerboard street layout. Convention Shuttle Service

Tere will be 24 hour shuttle service between the convention center and the Davenport (as well as the 2 Red Lions, the Grand, & the Dou- bleTree). We are targeting a 15–20 minute wait for most times, less for critical times on Friday & Saturday, and 45 minutes during the wee hours. STOP 1—Spokane Convention Center/ Grand Hotel (Pull-in at the INB Performing Arts Center / Convention Center near the Breeze- way, across the street from the Grand Hotel) STOP 2—DoubleTree / East Convention Center (South side of the DoubleTree, to the left of the hotel front entrance) STOP 3—Red Lion Hotel at the Park (front entrance) STOP 4—Red Lion River Inn (Street side front entrance) STOP 5—Davenport Hotel (Post Street entrance of the Historic Hotel); Ruby Hotel on First is around the corner and the River Park Square mall is 2 blocks away. Currently we are considering multiple routes in order to make the most efficient use of the shuttles, so not all shuttles will go to all of these stops. Yes, we will clearly mark the shuttles as to which routes they cover. Tere is also inexpensive bus service all over downtown Spokane. If, for some reason, the shuttle timing doesn’t work for you, it’s only about $5 for a taxi from the Red Lion at the Park to the historic Daven- port area, and most of the other hotels are closer together and would be less. Uber is also available in Spokane. 8 QUICK REFERENCE Functions, Hours and Rooms

Quick reference to all of the functions at Sasquan, when they’re open where you’ll find them. See the schedule for detailed information.

Item Weds. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Events Events Opening God Is an Masquer- Hugo Closing (Main) Ceremony Iron ade Awards Ceremony CC 3–4pm, 8:30, CC 8pm 8pm, 3–4pm CC Integra Integra CC INB CC INB CC Integra Ballroom Ballroom Perform- Perform- Ballroom 100B 100B ing Arts ing Arts 100B Center Center First Night 4pm– 8pm Riverfront Park Dances World- Disc world Ceili CC 300A Prom 2pm– Dance 8pm– 4pm 2pm– 11pm 4pm Dances 200 Years Friday Regency DAV -1 Night Dance Dances in 7pm–9pm Fusion 2pm– Marie An- Dance 4pm toinette; 10pm– Regency Girl 2am 200 Years in Hall of Genius -2 Doges 9pm– 9pm– 12am 11pm Time Travel 11pm– 2am Anime 6pm– 6pm– 6pm– 6pm– DBT Thur 6am Fri 6am Sat 6am Sun 6am Salon I Audio 2pm–8pm 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Theater 9pm 7pm 6pm 12:30pm CC 203 Cartoons 2pm–5pm 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– DBT 1pm 1pm 1pm 1pm Salon I Film 2pm– 9:30am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Festival 11pm 10pm 10pm 10:30pm 2pm CC 205 Exhibits Exhibits 2pm– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– CC Halls 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm 3pm ABC Dealers noon– 10am– 10am– 10am– 11am– CC Hall A 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm Art Show 1pm–6pm 10am– 10am– 10am– CC Hall A 6pm 6pm noon Art Sales 3pm– 10am– CC Hall A 6pm 3pm Print 1pm–6pm 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Shop 6pm 6pm noon 3pm CC Hall A 3pm– 6pm Guinan’s 2pm– noon– noon– noon– noon– Place 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm 3pm CC Hall C Fanzine 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Lounge 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm 3pm Days CC Hall C QUICK REFERENCE 9

Item Weds. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Fanzine 8pm–late 8pm–late 8pm–late 8pm–late Lounge Nights DAV 819 Cofee/ 1:30pm– 9:30am– 9:30am– 9:30am– 9:30am– Snacks 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm 1:30pm CC 2nd fr Site 2–6pm 10am– 10am– Selection 6pm 6pm CC Hall B Member Services Childcare 1pm–6pm 9:30am– 9:30am– 9:30am– 9:30am– DBT 12th 6pm midnight midnight 3pm foor Con Suite Open 24 Open 24 Open 24 Open 24 Closes DBT 1502 hours hours hours hours 3pm starting 3pm Wed. Accessi- 9am–7pm 9am–7pm 9am– 9am–7pm 9am–8pm bility 7pm CC Hall D Registra- 9am–7pm 9am–7pm 9am–7pm 9am–7pm 9am–1pm tion CC Hall D Program 9:30am– 9:30am– 402AB 402AB 402AB Partic- 6pm 4pm 10am– 10am– 10am– ipant 5pm 5pm noon Check-in CC Hall D Mas- 9am–6pm 9am–6pm 9am– querade noon Registra- tion CC Hall D Info Desk 3–8pm 9am–7pm 9am–7pm 9am–7pm 9am–7pm CC Hall D Volun- 9am–7pm 9am–7pm 9am–7pm 9am–7pm 9am–7pm teers CC Hall D Bag 12pm— 9:30am– 9:30am– 9:30am– 9:30am– Check 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 5pm CC 401C Nursing 2pm– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Moms 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm 3pm CC Hall C Quiet noon– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Room 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm CC 101 Con 9am–6pm 9am–6pm 9am–6pm 9am–6pm 9am–6pm Ofce CC 102 Con Ops 6pm–9am 6pm–9am 6pm–9am 6pm–9am 6pm–9am DBT 3rd foor Parkside 1 Program Panels noon– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– CC 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm 3pm Art/ 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Costume 6pm 6pm 6pm 3pm CC 202C Auto- noon– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– graphs 3pm 6pm 6pm 5pm 1pm CC Hall C 10 QUICK REFERENCE

Item Weds. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Children 12–4pm 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– CC noon noon noon noon; 206BCD, 2–5pm 2–5pm; 2–5pm; 2–4pm 207 7pm– 7pm– 10pm 10pm Concerts 2pm– 2pm– 2pm– 1:30pm– CC 110 6pm 6pm 6pm 3pm Filk Poker Poker Poker Poker Dead Circles Chip Bar- Chip Bar- Chip Bar- Chip Bar- Sasquatch after 7 dic, DBT dic, DBT dic, DBT dic, DBT DBT Spo- DBT Shades Shades Shades Shades kane Falls Spokane 9pm– 8pm– 10pm– 8pm– C, 7–11 Falls C&D 11pm 10pm midnight 10pm Gaming 3pm– Orga- Orga- Orga- Orga- DBT nized nized nized nized Salon V game game game game play: play: play: play: 9am–9pm 9am–9pm 9am–9pm 9am–4pm Kafee 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Klatches 6pm 6pm 6pm 3pm CC 202A/B Literary noon– noon– noon– noon– Beer 8pm 8pm 8pm 3pm CC Hall C Pub 7pm–9pm 7pm–9pm Crawl CC Breeze- way SpoCon 2pm– 10am– 10am– 9am–9pm 10am– Presents 11pm 8pm late 2pm DBT Salons III & IV Stroll 9am– 9am– 9am– 9am– with the 10am 10am 10am 10am Stars CC Breeze- way Writers 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Work- 7pm 7pm 7pm 4pm shops CC 201A, B Kaffee Klatches, Literary Beers and Pub Crawls all require advance sign-up; check at the Information Booth to see if any slots are avail- able. Te Writers Workshops were closed to new people in June. Rooms and Functions

All of the function rooms Sasquan is using and what you’ll find in each of them. Spokane Convention Center (CC)

Room Function INB Performing Arts Center Events—Masquerade & Hugos Integra Telecom Ballroom 100A Special Autographing, Masquerade Green Room, Tech Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Second Stage—Events & Large Program 101 Quiet Room 102 Convention Ofce 103 Press Ofce 201A, 201B Writers Workshops 201C, 202C Workshops/Demos QUICK REFERENCE 11

202A, 202B Kafee Klatches 203 Audio Theater 205 Film Festival 206A Program 206BCD, 207 Children’s Program Conference Theater 110 Concerts, Program Bays 111A, B, C Program 300A Dances, Program 300B WSFS, SFWA Meetings, Program 300C, 300D, 302AB, 303A, 304, Program 401C 301, 303A Readings 401AB Green Room 401C Bag Check Room 402AB Program Ops, Events Ops Hall A Art Show/Print Shop, Artists/Au- thors Alley Dealers Room Hall B Autographs, Fan Exhibits, Site Selection Hall C Guinan’s Place: Cabaret, Watering Hole & Bar, Literary Beer, Maker/3-D Printing, Worldcon History, Fanzine Lounge (until 6pm) Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration, Information/Volun- teers Accessibility, Masquerade Regis- tration, Program Participant Check-in External to Convention Center Breezeway/Anderson statue Meeting spot for Stroll with the (between Convention Center and Stars, Pub Crawls INB Theater) Bloodmobile (Wed) For complete Exhibit list see page 14. For complete Artist list, see page 16. For complete Dealer list, see page 16. Rooms and Functions in the DoubleTree Hotel

Room Name Usage Grand Ballroom: Salon I Cartoons (9am–6pm); Anime (6pm–6am) Grand Ballroom: Salon II Teen Lounge Grand Ballroom: Salon III & IV SpoCon Presents Grand Ballroom: Salon V Table Gaming Shades Conference Room Filk Circles (after 7pm) Spokane Falls Suite A/B Program Spokane Falls Suite C & D Meetups/Small Program Filk Circle (after 7pm) Parkside 1, 3rd foor Convention Operations 12th foor Childcare 15th foor/Presidential Suite Consuite 12 QUICK REFERENCE Rooms and Functions in the Historic Davenport Hotel

Room Name Usage Hall of the Doges Regency Dance Marie Antoinette Ballroom Dances Suite 819 Nighttime Fanzine Lounge (after 8pm) Riverfront Park—First Night Areas

Location Usage Lilac Bowl Concerts Meadow Activities/Games Forestry Shelter Food/Drink King Cole Footbridge Star Party

WIFI

Te favorite two syllables of fans these days! Availability: t
Free throughout the convention center (96K Bandwidth) t
Free low bandwidth in sleeping and meeting rooms at these con- vention hotels: Davenport, Red Lion, and Double Tree (covers guest rooms and common areas) In addition, free WIFI is available in Riverfront Park and Riverpark Square shopping mall (downtown Spokane), and numerous other locations as noted here: http://www.openwifispots.com/city_free_ wifi_wireless_hotspot-Spokane_WA. apx#47.65878,-117.42604699999998,14 Please avoid streaming music or video; remember, you’re sharing the WIFI with every other Sasquan user in the Convention Center. For those with paid data plans, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint are the major regional carriers. Events

Hugo Awards Ceremony—INB Performing Arts Center Te 2015 Hugo Awards ceremony promises to be one of the most memorable in years. Come be a part of history on Saturday, August 22, at 8 p.m. in the INB Performing Arts Center. Your Masters of Ceremony will be Sasquan Guest of Honor David Gerrold and Tanan- arive Due, who have promised an entertaining ceremony.. Tere will be overflow seating in Integra Ballroom 100B and in Guinan’s Place in Hall C. We encourage those with small children to use Guinan’s as your spot as that venue is more flexible and may be more comfortable for families. Not at Sasquan? Follow the Hugo Awards Ceremony via UStream and/or Twitter during the ceremony: t
Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/search?q=Hugo%20Awards t
Twitter: @thehugoawards We are bookending the 2015 Hugo Awards with “Te Road to the Hugos,”—a livestreamed Internet pre-and-post Hugo broadcast featuring hosts Stephen Schapansky and Warren Frey of Radio Free Skaro. It will start one hour before and end one half hour after the 2015 Hugo Awards Ceremony. If all goes to plan, Sasquan will feature the first Worldcon guest who is literally out of this world – Special Guest Dr. Kjell Lindgren, launched successfully to the International Space Station on July 22, and will be presenting from 200 miles high at 17,500 miles per hour. QUICK REFERENCE 13 Masquerade—INB Performing Arts Center Te Worldcon Masquerade is a judged costuming competition and stage show. Entrants are separated into division based on the costum- ing skill levels of the participants and judged by a panel (including some of our Guests of Honor and experienced costumers). Always a very popular highlight of any Worldcon, this event will be held in the INB Performing Arts Center theatre on Friday, Aug. 21 at 8pm. Tere will be overflow seating in Integra Ballroom 100B and in Gui- nan’s Place in Hall C. We encourage those with small children to use Guinan’s as your spot as that venue is more flexible and may be more comfortable for families. Te Masquerade Halftime show will feature filk Guest of Honor Tom Smith, and the Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be Kevin Roche. We’re looking forward to a great Masquerade, with a special category based on Guest of Honor David Gerrold’s books and stories. Come join us—we’ll have a blast! Opening Ceremonies—Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Tis is a celebration of the Great Northwest and how history, science fiction, and fantasy overlap. Meet our wonderful Guests and get a taste of things to come. We are thrilled to have local a Native Ameri- can Storyteller to welcome us all to a great convention. First Night—Riverfront Park First Night is your chance to get a taste of the convention, a look at our host city, and a stroll through the park. We’ll start right after Opening Ceremonies on Wednesday. Meet and greet your fellow members of Sasquan. Take in a bit of Spokane. Music, laughter, fandom, fun, and food trucks. And don’t be too surprised to see a parade or a hula hoop. We’re not expecting an alien invasion, but you never know. Stranger things have happened, perhaps even…apocalyptic things…. Radio Plays—Girl Genius Kaja and Phil Foglio are bringing us two fun and fantastic Girl Genius Radio Plays on Wednesday. Family Friendly and sure to keep you laughing! Keith and Alan’s Movie News and Previews: Trailer Park! Why sit through a panel of what are, essentially, commercials? Because we are so much more than that! Trailers, movie news and rumors from Hollywood and beyond. We also highlight the latest trends, innovations, and challenges for the industry and also the wider entertainment culture: TV shows, home video, theme parks— the whole gamut! Play—“God Is an Iron”—Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B “God is an Iron” is a faithful adaptation of Spider Robinson’s short story of the same name published in 1979. Te opening line is enough to tell what story we’re talking about: “I smelled her before I saw her.” It’s the story of Karen; a young woman and a “wirehead” at the very end of her rope; and of Joe, the mysterious man who discovers her and puts her back together. It becomes clear, however, that they are both broken in their own ways and that, while he saves her life directly, she may be saving his as well. Note that this story has some disturbing elements to it and it is not for children. Closing Ceremonies—Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Say farewell to Spokane and hello to Kansas City by reflecting on this Worldcon and looking forward to next year. Our closing ceremony will cap off a great convention in a great city in a great year of SF and Fantasy. Parting is such sweet sorrow. Balls and Dances—CC 300A & DAV Marie Antoinette & Hall of Doges Nightly balls, tea dances, classes in classic Terpsichore—dance events will abound at Sasquan! Te WorldProm, Nanny Ogg (Discworld) and Ceili will be in CC 300A, a brand new ballroom with excellent lighting and sound. 14 QUICK REFERENCE

Te Social Dance Odysseys, Girl Genius Ball and Friday night Fusion will be in the Davenport’s Marie Antoinette, a traditional ballroom with a built-in wooden dance floor. Te Regency will be in the Hall of Doges, a fanciful spot decorated in the manner of the royalty of Venice. Anime & Cartoons—DBT Grand Ballroom Salon I Cartoons from an extensive personal collection will run three hours each day at Sasquan, featuring works from Disney, Warner Bros., Ter- rytoons, UPA, Universal/Lantz and other classic animators. Immerse yourself in anime! From the current hits to the shows we all know and love, the anime department will be sure to have you coming back for more. Days will be themed from Comedy to Classics, Para- normal to Fantasy, and a healthy dose of science fiction on top, you’ll be sure to walk into an anime that fits your style at any time. Audio Theater—CC 203 Blast off for adventure on a galactic scale with Space Casey and Brad Lansky! Let Hammer Horror make your spine tingle! Unravel mys- teries with Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe, or just have Firesign Teatre explain the cosmos to you! And in the true spirit of radio programs of yore, the Incomparable Radio Teater of the Air will be on hand to present a live audio drama. Film Festival—CC 205 Sasquan Film Festival will be screening films in the Spokane conven- tion center. Te best in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Horror, Anima- tion, Fan and Documentary films will be shown. Highlights include the screening of the documentary, Lakeside: A Year with Jay Lake, horror shorts based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe. Also, international animation shorts and more. Exhibits

We are using all of the exhibit halls so most of the walls between the exhibit halls will be open. As a result, it’s a little tricky to easily distin- guish which hall an exhibit/convention function is in. We’ve created a grid system for this map to more easily help you locate items as well as listing the approximate hall each item is in. Extensive signage will also be available to guide you to the item you area seeking. Hall A/B: home of the Art Show, Artist/Author Alley, Dealers Room and Site Selection Hall B: Autographing sessions, LEGOs play area. Tere will be exhibits of fan interest (including the Discworld exhibit), which will feature guided tours, the Guest of Honor exhibit, various exhibits of photography, the Craft Corner and conversation areas, the Maker Space (with 3-D printing demonstrations), fossils from the Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site and fan tables. Hall C: Looking for a fun spot to hang out? Guinan’s Place: Cabaret, QUICK REFERENCE 15

Watering Hole & Bar (more on that later) is here to fill that need! Other activities in Hall C include Literary Beers, the Costume Exhibit, the Fanzine Lounge (aka “Te Lost World Fanzine Lounge”), and, on Saturday, Super Science Saturday (with Mobius Children’s Science Museum to provide hands-on fun activities for kids of all ages). Hall D (Riverside Lobby): the all-important Registration area, plus Information Desk, Accessibility Information, Volunteers, Masquer- ade Registration, Program Participant Check-in and Message Boards.

Area or Exhibit Exhibit Hall Map Code Accessibility Hall D H3 Art Show Hall A D4 Art Show Ofce Hall A G9 Artists/Authors Alley Hall A E3 Autographing Hall B J8 Costume Exhibit Hall C M6 Costume Repair Hall B K7 Craft Area Hall B J7 Dealers Hall A D6 Discworld Hall B J7 Exhibits Ofce Hall A B9 Fan History Hall B K8 Fan Photo Gallery Hall B K6 Fan Tables Hall B H5 Fanzine Lounge Hall C M7 FIRST Robotics: Kids and Robotics Hall C L6 First Fandom Hall B H7 Flyers Hall D H2 Free Books Hall D J4 Guest of Honor Exhibits Hall B K5 Guinan’s Place Hall C N6 Information Hall D H2 LEGOs Play Area Hall B J6 Literary Beers Hall C N5 Maker Activities/3-D Printer Hall B K7 Masquerade Registration Hall D H3 Media Freebies Hall D J1 Message Boards Hall D H4 Messages to Orbit Hall C L4 Nursing Mother’s Room Hall C M5 Party Listings Hall D H1 Phillip K. Dick picture Hall C L5 Program Participant Check-in Hall D G3 Registration Hall D G2 Richard Man: Photography Hall C L7 Rotsler Award Hall B H7 Sales to Members Hall D G3 SF Portrait Gallery Hall B K6 Show Ofce C & Annex Hall C M8 Site Selection Hall A G7 Stonerose Center: Fossils Hall B K7 Super Science Saturday Hall C L6 Volunteers Hall D H3 16 QUICK REFERENCE Artists Exhibiting in the Art Show Sandra Ackley Durlyn Alexander John Alexander Aubry Andersen Marla Baer-Peckham Kim Beaton Eskild Beck Alan Beck Mark Bondurant Jo Brown Michael Brugger Gretchen Brummer Rob Carlos Eden Celeste Mark Chapman Peri Charlifu Sarah Clemens Daniel Cortopassi Deborah Cross Loren Damewood Joseph (Joe) DeVito Julie Dillon John Douglass Nancy Edwards Michele Ellington Lynne Fahnestalk Sara Felix Jeff Fennel Mark Ferrari Joleen Flasher Phil Foglio Brad Foster Dianne Gardner Shaenon Garrity John R. Gray III Actaphasia Grey Teresa Halbert Vandy Hall M. Scott Hammond Richard Hescox Debbie Hoover Bobbie Hull Angela Jones Kathrin Jones Bob Keck Miriam Keith Sophie SoMK Klesen Cheyenna Krone Jessica TC Lee L. Pierce Ludke Richard Man Teresa Mather Jerry Minor Ania Mohrbacher Peter Mohrbacher Betsy Mott Lee Moyer Leslie Newcomer Goldeen Ogawa Margaret Organ-Kean Carole Parker Judy Peterson John Picacio Teora Rice Arlin Robins Mark Roland Ralph J. Ryan Spring Schoenhuth Maurine Starkey Brandy Stark John (Jack) A. Stelnicki Ezra Stewart Jeff Sturgeon Jay Swanson Sandy Tomezik Kendra Tornheim Margaret Trauth Tammy Tripp Wendy Van Camp Andy VanOverberghe Vincent Villafranca Paulin Walsh Tomi Welch Dealers’ Room—Vendors at Sasquan (A) Art & Crafts (B) Books & Magazines (including publishers, small presses & bookshops) (C) Comics & Graphic Novels (G) General & Other (J) Jewelry (T) Textiles, clothing and/or costumes A Little of Tis (A) Accessories of Fae (A) Accursed Dragon (C) (G) Angelwear Creations (J) Angry Robot (B) Audiobooks by Skyboat (B) Auntie’s Books and Uncle’s Games (B) Awesome Anime (G) (J) b coole designs (T) Baron’s Beauties (T) Book Universe, Inc. (B) Burr’s Books (B) Cargo Cult Books & Notions (B) Cast In Stone Pewterworks LLC (G) Chronos gifts (G) (J) Cordochorea Creations (J) Cross Genre Books (B) Crowgirl Studio (A) Crystal Dreams (J) Crystal’s Idyll (T) QUICK REFERENCE 17

Dammit Tees (T) Damsel in this Dress (T) Dani Hoots (B) (G) Darkstars Creation (A) (J) Darlene P. Coltrain (T) (J) David Gerrold (B) David R. Freeland, Jr Designs (J) DragonStorm Sports (T) (G) Drawing the Dragon—April Adams (B) DRIVE: Te SciFi Comic (C) DSP Publications (B) EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing (B) Epifiction (B) Eye-Deas Fantasy Cat Art (A) Fae Built Inc (T) (J) Fairwood Press (B) Fantaminals (A) Friends of Filk (G) Games Plus (G) Gaukler Medieval Wares (J) Girl Genius (C) Elizabeth Guizzetti (B) Gypsy Troll (T) Haikasoru (B) (C) Heartwood Auctions (B) Henry the Buttonsmith (G) Instant Attitudes (T) Jewels by Olivia (J) Jupiter Mining Company (B) (C) (G) KEL-A Unique Art (J) KeypersCove (J) Larry Smith, Bookseller (B) Lioness Ornament (J) Locus (B) Lookout Mountain Bookstore (B) Magpie Curios (J) (G) Margaret Trauth (C) (G) Massoglia Books (B) McFarland & Co. (B) MereleeKnott (B) Midnight Books (B) Miss Haley Bombshell Boutique (T) MU Press (B) Mudcat Studio (A, J) My Gems to Your Treasures (J) New Horizons Computer Learning Center (G) NightshadeRose Studio (J) NIWA/Free Valley (B) P. E. Sibley, Local Author (B) Pavel’s Puzzles (G) Pendragon Costumes (T) Phil Davis Books and Treasures (B, G) Phoenix Pick / Galaxy’s Edge (B) Quicksilver Fantasies (G) Ravenwing Wearable Art (J) Realm of Regalia (T) Regilius Publishing (B) Robert Sage (A) Safari Pearl (T) (G) Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) (B) Shasta/Phoenix Publishers (B) Sign of the Unicorn (J) Silverthorne Crafts (J) Sinister Metalworks (T) Specters Anonymous (B) STARLING Watch (J) Starship Cat (B) (G) Steampunked Out (T) Strange Hours Atelier (T) Sue Ploeger Designs (A) Sun’s Golden Ray Publishing (B) T.M. Originals (J) TANDY LEATHER (T) 18 QUICK REFERENCE

TANSTAAFL Press (B) Te Blood of the Empire (B) (G) Te Order of the Sage (B) Terri’s Treasures (J) (B) Tribbletoys / GIANTmicrobes (G) Vandy Hall Design (A) Vintage Fusion Jewels (J) Warsongpress LLC (G) Wire Rim Books (B) WordFire Press (B) Xenophile Bibliophile (B) Te Hands Tat Heal Center For Te Healing Arts Terapeutic Massage Booth (G) Areas in the Exhibit Hall

Site Selection—CC Exhibit Hall B Site Selection for the 2017 Worldcon will open on Wednesday at 2pm and remain open until 6pm. On Tursday and Friday, it will open at 10am and close at 6pm. Te winner will be announced on Saturday. It costs $40 to vote, and buys you a supporting membership for the 2017 Worldcon regardless of where it will be held. Guinan’s Place: Cabaret, Watering Hole & Bar— CC Exhibit Hall C We are excited to be hosting Guinan’s Place. Drop in and sample a bit of space, a full bar with local beers (selections from Steamplant, Iron Horse, NoLi, Liberty Ciderworks & Laughing Dog). We will have performances throughout the day and evening by singers, magicians, jugglers, story tellers, comedians, other performers of all kinds. We will also host some game shows and auctions. Both the Masquerade and the Hugo Ceremonies will be streamed live on Guinan’s big screen, for those who would like to view these events in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere. Con members are invited to come in and sit a while and enjoy the atmosphere and the show. Gaming—DBT Grand Ballroom, Salon V Table Gaming will be open 24 hours/day, beginning at 2pm on Wednesday and running throughout the convention. Lost World Fanzine Lounge—CC Exhibit Hall C (Days), DAV 819 (Nights) Te League of Extraordinary Faneds, led by Randy Byers, will be run- ning the Fanzine Lounge this year. We’re calling it the Lost World Fanzine Lounge, because fanzines are a now a little pocket world of dinosaurs like us. Te evening Fanzine Lounge is in a party suite in the Davenport. We will host a variety of parties and events, including a reception (or maybe two) for the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund (TAFF) and Down Under Fan Fund (DUFF) delegates. Rumor has it that Dave O’Neill will con- duct a fannish trivia quiz in the daytime lounge. We also intend to put together a memorial for our friend, Stu Shiffman, and to honor the last group to run a Worldcon in Washington State, the Nameless Ones, and their Hugo-winning fanzine, Cry of the Nameless. Yes, there will be fanzines. Amongst the fanzine-oriented events will be the collation of WOOF, the collection of fanzines distributed at Worldcon by the World Order of Faneditors. Te OE for WOOF this year is Andy Hooper, so if you’d like to contribute please contact him at [email protected]. Masquerade Registration Desk All Masquerade entrants must check in at the Masquerade Registra- tion Desk, which will be open Wednesday, August 19th from 9am to 6pm, Tursday, August 20th from 9am to 6pm, and Friday, August 21st from 9am to noon PDT, at the Convention Center, near Regis- tration in Exhibit Hall D. QUICK REFERENCE 19 Program Participant Check-in After they register at Registration, panelists can check in with Pro- gram at the Program Participant Check-in table in Hall D. Discworld—CC Exhibit Hall B Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld humorous fantasy series will be rep- resented by an exhibit at Sasquan. Intended to act as an introduction to Discworld for those unfamiliar with the series, it will include fun references for longtime fans as well. Items displayed will include a mix of official merchandise, vintage and handmade items, costume assemblages, a memorial to Sir Terry Pratchett, and a demonstration of the “Discworld: Te Ankh Morpork Map” app. We look forward to welcoming Sir Terry’s many fans from around the globe at Sasquan. Maker Space/3-D Printer—CC Exhibit Hall C Most people, if they’ve heard of Makerspaces or Hackspaces, think of people tearing apart things and remaking them, or reprogramming them. Tat is one aspect of a Maker space, but Maker spaces include a wide range of activities such as: 3D printing (for costume props, prototyping, cool gadgets); Laser cutting (costume props, custom designing boxes or cases out of wood, leather, or acrylic); Program- ming (Raspberry Pi, Arduino); Electronics (circuits, breadboards); Robotics; Soldering; Crafts (spinning, felting, sewing/designing cos- tumes, using sewable electronics); and Costume construction (foam, fabric, EL wire, recycled items). Craft Corner – CC Exhibit Hall B A table set aside in the Exhibit Hall for knitters, crocheters, beaders and other crafters who want a spot to sit and stitch. LEGOs Play Area—CC Exhibit Hall C For children of all ages; need we say more! Come and play with lots and lots of LEGO building bricks, generously loaned to us by Te Spo- kane Public Library. Come build fantastic things. (We may even have some other games and toys.) Messages to Orbit —CC Exhibit Hall C Tis is a unique Sasquan feature. Take a minute to record a greeting for our non-attending Special Guest American astronaut Dr. Kjell Lindgren (@astro_kjell on Twitter) who is currently on the Interna- tional Space Station. Food in the Convention Center

Te Spokane Convention Center has very strict rules against bringing in outside food. So please, if you have to have food (for example) from a pizza or sushi place outside the convention center, eat it there or in your hotel room but not in the convention center. Tanks for your cooperation. At the Center, there are these places to buy food or drink: Hall D Snack Bar, Convenience Store near Bays rooms, and the 2nd floor coffee/snack bar. Tere are nearby restaurants throughout downtown Spokane; please consult the restaurant guide for more details. Tentative hours for concessions in the Convention Center are: 9am–7pm daily. In 1974, the World’s Fair was held in Spokane and was the first expo- sition with an environmental theme. As you enjoy Sasquan, you’re just steps away from where that event was held. Do your part to honor that event by cleaning up after yourself and by recycling whereever recycling is available. Programming

Program items go way beyond talking heads and will offer you five days of discussions to engage you and leave you with a world of new things to think about long after the con is over. Most panels are 45 minutes long, starting promptly on the hour and ending 15 minutes before the next hour. Most readings are 20 minutes long, starting promptly on the hour or half-hour. 20 QUICK REFERENCE

See the full list of participants in Sasquan Program, Events and in SpoCon Presents as well as an index to their activities at the conven- tion in the back of this guide. Super Science Saturday—CC Exhibit Hall C Sasquan’s Super Science Saturday contains ideas about topics ranging in size from the universe to the neutrino. Storing anti-matter, looking at the future of aging, celebrating the year of the dwarf planet (hellllo, Pluto!) –these are but a few of the topics found on panels and talks that you are sure to find of interest. Robotics demonstrations and hands on science activities provided by the local children’s science museum, Mobius, will run throughout the day, and will provide fun for all ages. A poster contest for post-sec- ondary students will also run throughout the day, with the authors present at their posters to answer questions and meet interested fans between noon—2pm. Children’s Program—CC 206BCD, 207 Our Children’s programming, CC 206BCD and CC 207, is designed for children ages 6–12 and their parents. Some items are suitable for older kids and teenagers who are welcome. We have a program for the full weekend involving art, crafts, games, science, magic, sto- ry-telling and music, and a bit of space for children to enjoy. Tese activities allow kids to have their own convention time. PLEASE NOTE! Children’s Programming is NOT a child-minding service; it is Worldcon programming for kids. See the Childcare section for more information. We have a ribbon system in place for parents to determine children who can come and go (Green Comets) and children who must be with a parent/responsible adult attached (Red Satellites). For our Satellites, we ask that you provide a phone number(s), and name(s) of responsi- ble adults who may pick up your children. In a nutshell, SATELLITES stay in 206BCD and 207, COMETS come and go. Hours t
Wednesday 12pm–4pm. t
Tursday 10am–noon, 2–5pm t
Friday, 10am–noon, 2–5pm, 7–10pm (Masquerade half-time) t
Saturday, 10am–noon, 2–5pm, 7–10pm (end of Hugo Ceremony) t
Sunday, 10am–noon, 2–4pm We will be closed from noon–2pm each day so that your children and our staff can have lunch—note that food purchased from outside the Convention Center is not allowed in the Convention Center. Feed your kids before you bring them in, and pick them up on time, noon and 5pm. After 15 minutes after closing, unless we hear from you, we reserve the right to turn them over to Security as lost kids. Come help us out! We request that parents volunteer to help in Chil- dren’s Programming for 2 hours over the duration of the con. Please see our staff to schedule your time with us. Younger children are welcome in the continual company of their par- ents. We will have chairs available in both rooms so parents can have a moment of peace. Young Adult Program Te Young Adult program will include exciting selection of panels, workshops, and activities for Sasquan’s teens, as well as young at heart members. From dystopias to Te Wonderful Wizard of Oz, zombies, fandom, Girl Genius, and horror, our YA panels have something for everyone, plus workshops and panels on writing young adult fiction. Panelists include Kate Elliott, Dan Wells, Marissa Meyer and other fabulous authors in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more. Autographing—CC Exhibit Hall B Here are some guidelines to help autographing at Sasquan run smoothly: Most sessions have a three signature limit; some may have a one sig- nature limit. QUICK REFERENCE 21

Once you’ve had books signed, you may be able to go to the end of the line if the author has the time to handle repeat requests from the same person. Authors have a maximum of 45 minutes for their signings and must leave promptly at the end of their session to make way for the next set of authors. Please be courteous if there is a line—give other fans a chance to get their books autographed. In order to avoid having people wait in line when the line reaches too many people for the author to sign for everyone, the staff may need to close the line before the session is over. If there is a long line, no personalizations and no disruptive photogra- phy (particularly selfies with the panelist). Some autographings may have more restrictive rules; those rules will be posted. Costumes—CC 202C Costume Program looks forward to having a variety of panels and workshops covering topics that you do not typically see at Worldcons as well as some favorite panels. Costume Program focuses on workshops and demonstrations, so you can leave Sasquan with new skills and understanding that you can apply to future costumes, garments, and wearable art. Of course, we will also have panels, too. Concerts—CC Conference Theater 110 Each afternoon, our musicians will give concerts. Additionally, there will be filk jams on Wednesday and Tursday evening. Discworld Various North American Discworld Guilds have been invited to orga- nize and host DW fan meets at Sasquan and these include: Te Seamstress Guild (famous for its parties, it has many decorators, costumers and performers among its members), the Alchemists (our science minds), the Cunning Artificers (arts & crafts), Discworld Musicians and Singers (for filking and other fun), Engravers & Print- ers (our writers and editors), the Dark Clerks (folks who like to orga- nize both paper and people behind the scenes), our fabulous Bakers (lovers of food and drink who may be leading some of our pub crawls), the Witches & Wizards (cunning women and men who love history, myth, and folklore), various DW Family Groups, the Black Ribboners (DW folks in recovery), a memorial for Sir Terry and more. Filk—DBT, Spokane Falls C/D Te Filk program will feature excellent performances of filk songs old and new enhanced by people singing together. Filk Circles will start around 7pm. In addition, there will be filking as part of the “after midnight” Late Night Programming in some function rooms. Never filked before? Give it a shot at a Filk Circle. Gaming Gaming Program will have panels on computer and video games, board games, and roleplaying. Game designers, authors, artists, and fans will discuss not just how good games are made but how games can inform and inspire other aspects of fannish creativity. Panels we are preparing include Writing For Video Games, Te Best Video Games Ever!, and Te Game Designer’s Toolbox, among others. Kafee Klatches, Literary Beers and Pub Crawls Kaffee Klatches and Literary Beers are small group discussions with panelists. Pub crawls are a 2 hour walk through downtown with a panelist or two. Kaffee Klatches are held up in 202A & 202B, and the Literary Beers are held in Guinan’s Place—look for the “Reserved for Literary Beer” sign. Pub Crawls will meet in the Breezeway. Individual host sessions are strictly limited to the host and nine attendees. Many hosts will be quite popular, so you must sign up in 22 QUICK REFERENCE advance. Sign-up sheets will be available at the Information Desk in Hall D the day before the item. (So, for example, you can sign up for a Tursday Kaffee Klatche on Wednesday.) Or you can sign up online or through the mobile app (see page 2). Buy your beverage/snack at the 2nd floor coffee bar before the Kaffee Klatche is due to start. Each person in line may sign up for only one Kaffee Klatche per day to give more people a chance to participate in a Kaffee Klatche. Provide your badge name and number. Two wait list spots are added to each session. Attendees who have not turned up by the start of the session will have their place assigned to someone on the wait list. Te person on the list must be the person who attends and you cannot trade your place. You may join a session as it starts if there are free slots avail- able and no wait list, but for more popular hosts, this scenario is very unlikely. Note that these sessions are 45 minutes long. Please help the next ses- sion start on time and do not delay the hosts at the end of the session. Publisher Presentations—CC 300D Major publishers in our field give you a taste of the writers and fiction they will be releasing in the upcoming months. Other Awards In addition to the Hugo Awards (which will be held Saturday, 8pm, INB Teater (video feeds to 100B & Guinan’s Place during the event, as well as to Ustream), other SF-related awards are given out at World- con. See the schedule for more information. SpoCon Presents — DBT Grand Ballroom Salons III & IV SpoCon is Spokane’s local premier Science Fiction and Fantasy con- vention. It has run annually in Spokane since 2008, and is only getting bigger and better with every year. SpoCon has hosted such illustri- ous special guests as C.J. Cherryh, Rayce Bird, George Troester, and Brandon Sanderson, and we’re far from finished! In 2015, SpoCon partnered with Worldcon to welcome them to the Inland Northwest with open arms and meld our fandom with theirs, as it is meant to be. We are literature. We are gaming. We are fandom. We are SpoCon. Join us at Sasquan, and in Spokane 2016, as we continue the tradition of greatness that is the fandom of the Inland Northwest. Stroll with the Stars —CC Breezeway, 9am Stroll with the Stars is a gentle walk each morning from Tursday– Sunday. At this Worldcon, Spokane’s Centennial Trail, which is paved and mostly flat, parallels the Spokane River through the heart of downtown. It will provide a wonderful scenic venue for the Stroll. A number of Authors, Artists, Editors and even some GoHs will be participating. Te Stroll will meet at the bronze statue memorializing Michael Anderson (one of the Columbia astronauts who graduated from a local area high school) on the river side of the breezeway. No sign-up is required—just arrive by 9am. Te Stroll will end at the Spo- kane Convention Center before 10am. Teen Lounge—DBT Grand Ballroom, Salon II Come mingle with like-minded people in the Young Adult lounge. Play games, talk books/gaming/costuming and make new friends. Feeling worn out from conning? Come by to sit and relax. Drinks will be provided, and snacks will be available during the Welcome Reception. World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) Business Meetings —CC 300B As most attendees know, the Hugo nomination process for this year was marked by spirited debate and discussion throughout the blogo- sphere. Tis is a topic sure to receive attention at this year’s WSFS meetings, in addition to debating such questions as: t
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Should there be different categories, or should some of those that are there be changed? t
Is the nomination process working well, or should it be modified? In addition, WSFS deals with issues pertaining to the Constitution and Standing Rules, which can be found here: http://www.wsfs.org/ bm/rules.html and are also published in the Souvenir Book. You, as a Sasquan member, get to help make those rules. Tere’s no Board of Directors, no House of Representatives, no Congress of Dep- uties. Every member of Worldcon can participate in the rule-making process, like a big “town meeting.” Te Business Meeting is held on the second, third, and fourth morn- ings of the Worldcon (rarely, a meeting on the fifth day is required, though there is a good chance there will be one this year). Every member of WSFS may attend the meeting, propose changes, debate those changes, and vote on them. For Sasquan, the business meetings will be held in CC Room 300B (standing room available in 300A) and begin at 10am. Changes to the WSFS Constitution, including any changes to the rules for the Hugo Awards, must be approved by votes at two consecutive Worldcons. In addition to business passed on from the last Worldcon (Loncon 3), new business will be introduced this year. Meetings are conducted under a relatively formal structure, as codified in Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised and the WSFS Standing Rules. Come and be a part of the government of your society. Note: the Busi- ness Meeting will be recorded, and the recordings will be uploaded to the Worldcon Events YouTube Channel. Your voice and image may appear in the recording. Check the newsletter for any updates about the Business Meeting throughout the convention. Writers Workshops—CC 201A & 201B. Nearly 60 Sasquan members submitted speculative fiction manu- scripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry pro- fessionals. Since evaluating all of these at once would be a logistical nightmare, the entries have been divided into 20 sections so they can all receive proper attention. Over the past few weeks all participants have been reading their assigned manuscripts and forming opin- ions on them. Over the course of Sasquan all of the entrants will be accepting feedback on their work. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Meetups, Special Interest and Discussion Groups Meetups are organized by individuals or groups and not by Sasquan. Most meetups are scheduled during off-peak program times between 9:00am and 10:00am or after 5:30pm. Space permitting, you can organize a discussion of your favorite Marvel superhero or have a meeting of your local club at Worldcon. Other common meetups include Friends of Bill W. and Black Ribboners (both for fans in recov- ery), informal religious services, and the like. Please note: no outside food or drink is allowed in Sasquan program space, but food or drink bought inside the Convention Center is fine in any function room! Services

Accessibility—CC Hall D If you have any questions on mobies or large-size print publications, stop by the Accessibility table during the day. Quiet Room—CC 101 People sometimes need a break from the bustle of noise of a World- con. To provide that break, Sasquan has established a Quiet Room. Relax and unwind in a comfy chair. But please be respectful of your fellow members. Anything you wouldn’t do in a library, don’t do here. Bag Check Room—CC 402C You can check a bag (with visitation privileges) for $2/day. You must remove the bag by closing time each day. Sasquan assumes no liability for theft or damage. 24 QUICK REFERENCE Childcare—DBT, 12th foor We are thrilled to have chosen KiddieCorp (www.kiddiecorp.com) as the professional childcare provider to Sasquan. KiddieCorp has worked regularly with Worldcons in recent years, in L.A., Denver, Montreal, Reno, Chicago and San Antonio, and has an excellent understanding of our needs and interests. KiddieCorp’s service will be available to all children aged 12 or under as of the start of the con- vention. Child memberships costing $90 are available for all children in this age group and include 8 hours of free childcare. Alternately, a total of 8 hours of free childcare are included with Family Member- ships. Additional hours are then chargeable at a rate of $10 per hour. Children under 6 can attend the convention as KidsinTow without paying a membership fee, but will not receive any free childcare and will need to pay the $10 per hour for childcare hours they use. Your children must be registered with the convention (whether with Child/ Family memberships or as KidsinTow) before they can be booked into the KiddieCorp service. We have included evening services on Friday and Saturday to enable parents to attend the parties as well as Mas- querade and/or Hugo Award Ceremony. Please note that children can only receive a maximum of 10 hours of childcare on any single day. Te childcare service will be available during the following hours (subject to change): t
Wednesday 8/19: 1:00pm—6:00pm t
Tursday 8/20: 9:30am—6:00pm t
Friday 8/21: 9:30am—Midnight t
Saturday 8/22: 9:30am—Midnight t
Sunday 8/23: 9:30am—3:00pm Childcare capacity is limited and we urge parents to book all child- care hours in advance, when possible, so we can ensure adequate staffing and service. To sign up, go to the KiddieCorp page: https://www.kiddiecorp.com/ sasquankids.htm Places will be limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so please book well in advance. If you have any questions about childcare services, please contact Lisa GarrisonRagsdale, Childcare Liaison, at [email protected]. Volunteers—CC Exhibit Hall D Want to help with the convention while you’re here? Just about every area of Sasquan needs volunteers. You can work a little or a lot. Stop by the Volunteer table in Exhibit Hall D between 10am and 6pm. Mailing and Shipping Services FedEx is located across the street from the Spokane Convention Cen- ter (259 W Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA; (509) 484-0601) and it is open 24 hours a day offering all kinds of copying, printing and mailing services. Te main USPS downtown office is located at 904 W. Riverside Ave, #109, approximately 7 blocks west of the Convention Center; it is open 8–5, M–F. Consuite (aka the Tempus Fugit Café) DBT 1502 (Presidential Suite) Te Tempus Fugit Cafe will be open 24 hours a day starting Wednes- day at 3 p.m. and closing Sunday at 3 p.m., so even when the parties close up, we’ll still be open and a fun place to hang out. You’ll likely find something good to eat or drink then too. We will reopen as “Dead Dog” at 8 p.m. Sunday. We promise to always have carbs and or protein available for your energy needs. We’ll have four overflow rooms, one of which will be a nut free room for those with allergies and another set up for gluten free/vegetarian/vegan needs. Tere will also be some Kosher food/ drinks but this might be limited. Tere will be hot foods at various times through the weekend, so make sure to keep checking in. We look forward to passing the time with you! QUICK REFERENCE 25 Parties

Register Your Party! Please remember that we need to know if you’re planning on hosting a party. Please email [email protected], or fill out this form online http://sasquan.org/contact/ . Whether it is a small private gathering of friends or a big blowout, please register your party and let us know your plans. Tis will enable us to provide you with a little Party Kit of some helpful supplies! t
Te Davenport Historic Hotel (the only approved hotel for pub- lic parties) t
Te Davenport Tower & the Grand (private parties only) t
Te DoubleTree Hotel (private parties only) t
Te Red Lion at the Park (private parties only) t
Te Red Lion River Inn (private parties only) Alcohol Policy Alcohol restrictions have been legally clarified, and we are replacing previous guidelines with these—this applies to parties both public & private: t
You may not advertise in any way that you will be serving alco- hol. Tis includes ads in publications, party flyers at fan tables or on party boards, or other postings at the Convention Center or hotels. t
You must check photo ID for legal age (21 years old)—your party’s bartender is legally responsible. You must be at least 21 years old to serve alcohol. (Convention badges in no way verify an attendee’s age.) t
“Last Call” is 1:30am, no serving alcohol after 2am. t
Alcohol may not be sold. t
Be discreet while bringing your party supplies into the hotel— boxes should be closed, alcohol bottles should be “invisible,” and don’t discuss party plans with bellmen or other hotel employees. A permit is not required to serve alcohol in a suite or private room. If you purchased a permit as directed under the previous guidelines, convention Treasurer Bruce Farr will be happy to reimburse you. You can reach him at fi[email protected] by sending an email with a scan of receipt attached, or at the convention through the con office (located in the Convention Center). Please bring your receipt with you. Signage/Taping onto Walls You can advertise your public party (mindful of the Liquor Board rules above) in convention publications, with flyers on your Fan Table (if you have one), and at several Party Boards that will be located at the hotels and Convention Center. Te Davenport Historic Hotel will allow computer-generated (pro- fessional-looking) signage on our Party Board on the first floor (not on lobby walls, or other non-designated spaces), and will allow those same signs on hallway walls near your room, your door, and inside your party room. Similarly, if you are putting up decor in your party room, you may only use painter’s tape to affix it. Te other hotels do not permit you to post any type of flyers on their walls. If you are hosting a private party, you may post things on the walls inside your room using painter’s tape. Promote in the Newsletter! If you are hosting a public party, Sasquan Newsletter wants your “Party Previews”! Rather than tell members about parties that have already happened, we want to get members excited about upcoming parties ahead of time. Deadline for the evening edition each day is 2pm. Send party info to [email protected] 26 QUICK REFERENCE Party Competition We will be collecting ballots and awarding titles for: t
Best Food t
Best Temed Drink t
Best Decor t
Best Overall Party Ballots will be available at Registration and on the Party Floors. Ballot boxes will be on the Party Floors while parties are going on, and will be in Party Ops (Porter Room in the Davenport, 2nd floor) the rest of the time. Note: Ballots must be filled out by the member voting. Valid ballots will require the members badge number, badge name and registered name. Any appearance of ballot stuffing or prefilled ballots will result in your party being disqualified from the awards. Davenport Amenities

Te Davenport Hotels have microwaves available to rent for $15/day, and several of the suites come with mini-fridges. While cooking in the rooms is not allowed, utilizing crockpots and the like to reheat food is acceptable. Thanks

While Sasquan is a visitor to Spokane, we’ve found local organiza- tions to be extremely helpful. We’re particularly grateful to the Spokane Public Library for the many ways they’ve supported us this year—loaning the 3-D printer, the Legos, toys, and for hosting the Tuesday Welcome reception. Tey’re just down the street at 906 West Main Ave. http://www.spokanelibrary.org/ Auntie’s kindly hosted a June publicity meeting and is a cool indepen- dent bookstore less than 2 blocks away at 402 W. Main Ave. http://www.auntiesbooks.com/ Tanks also to the Spokane Astronomical Society for lending a hand with the Star Party. http://www.spokaneastronomical.org/ Next Year—in Kansas City Missouri!

Te Worldcon moves to another city very year, and next year it will be in Kansas City from August 17-21. MidAmeriCon II’s guests will be Kinuko Y. Craft, Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Tamora Pierce, Michael Swanwick and Pat Cadigan. Visit the MidAmeriCon II web- site at http://www.midamericon2.org for all the details. WEDNESDAY 27 Highlights t
Blood Drive 10:30am, Breezeway t
Opening Ceremonies 3pm, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B t
First Night 4pm, Park t
Carl Sagan Medal Speech 9pm, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B

1003 Wednesday 9:00am 10hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Opens At-the-door and pre-registered attendees can pick up their badges. Bring along a photo ID to pick up your badge if you’ve preregistered for the con. 1006 Wednesday 9:00am 10hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers/Accessibility Open Have a question about Sasquan or Spokane? Need to sign up for an item requiring advance sign-up? Willing to give the con- vention a hand? Need help with accessibility issues? Stop by the Information Booth and ask. 1009 Wednesday 10:30am 4hr 30min CC Breezeway/Statue Blood Drive Stop by the Inland Northwest Blood Center bus that will be parked right outside the front doors of the Convention Center to donate a pint of blood. Give back to the local community. You can make an appointmentto give online. Robert A. Heinlein would have thanked you for your donation. We thank the Hein- lein Society for its support. 1012 Wednesday 12:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Opens Activities for children from 6–12 who are Sasquan members or Kids-in-Tow. We have a program for the full weekend involving art, crafts, games, science, magic, story-telling and music, and a bit of space for children to enjoy. See http://sasquan.org/pro- gram/kids-and-young-adult/ for details. 1015 Wednesday 12:00pm 45min CC 300C How to Moderate a Panel Tips and tricks for a successful panel. How to get the quiet members of your panel to speak, and control someone else from hogging the microphone. How to deal with disruptive audience members. Making sure that everyone gets heard appropriately. Teresa Nielsen Hayden (m), David Clements, Mir Plemmons 1018 Wednesday 12:00pm 45min CC 300D Welcome to Washington and Sasquan An introductory panel about Washington state, Spokane, Sas- quan, our Code of Conduct (http://sasquan.org/code-of-con- duct/) and some atypical Washington state laws. Remember, this is a non-smoking hotel. Glenn Glazer, Sally Woehrle, Phyllis Eide 1021 Wednesday 12:00pm 45min CC 302AB Understanding the WSFS Business Meeting If you’re new to Worldcon and want to understand the WSFS Business Meeting, stop by to listen and learn. Vincent Docherty (m), Kevin Standlee, Linda Deneroff 1024 Wednesday 12:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Alaina Ewing 1027 Wednesday 12:00pm 30min CC 304 Reading—Zaza Koshkadze 1030 Wednesday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A The Best Writing Advice I Was Ever Given What writing advice have you received that you’d share with others? How did it help make you a better writer? Bobbie Benton Hull (m), David Gerrold, P. C. Hodgell, David D. Levine 28 WEDNESDAY

1033 Wednesday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Comfort Reading What do you read when you just want to relax? What books do you return to during busy times to unwind? What are your book equivalents of meatloaf and macaroni and cheese? Louise Marley (m), Christie Meierz, Lawrence M. Schoen, Jo Walton, Jason Hough 1036 Wednesday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Star Wars: Are We Hopelessly Spoiled? From almost the moment the first Star Wars movie came out in 1977, it became an instant classic. Te first three movies were widely hailed. But the three prequels...not so much. No matter how great the upcoming “Te Force Awakens” is...will we be able to appreciate it, or will we nitpickit to death? Longtime Star Wars fans examine the series and comment on what’s known about the next SW movie. Gerri Balter, Daniel Kimmel 1039 Wednesday 12:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Alexander James Adams, Nichole Giles, Eliza- Beth Gilligan, Julie McGalliard 1042 Wednesday 12:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Ctein 1045 Wednesday 12:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Alan Boyle 1048 Wednesday 1:00pm 5hr DBT 12th Floor Childcare Opens Your child(ren) must be registered with the convention through Registration in Hall D of the Convention Center (whether with Child/Family memberships or as Kids- in Tow) before they can be booked into the KiddieCorp service on the 12th floor of the Doubletree. Depending on the type of membership your child has, there may be a fee for Childcare. Note that Childcare closes at 6:00 pm tonight. To sign up for Childcare, go to https://www. kiddiecorp.com/sasquankids.htm 1051 Wednesday 1:00pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Jessica Rising 1054 Wednesday 1:00pm 3hr CC 206BCD Hats, Capes, Sparkle Crowns! Kid’s Programming Icebreaker before the First Night in the Park Make something to wear in the First Night Parade to the Park Janine Wardale 1057 Wednesday 1:00pm 45min CC 300D Understanding Contracts Every writer and artist needs to deal with contracts. What are some of the tricks of contracts professionals need to be aware of? What kind of corrections can be requested? Should all contracts be reviewed by lawyers? Jim Fiscus (m), Joshua Bilmes, Mike Resnick 1060 Wednesday 1:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Alvaro Zinos-Amaro 1063 Wednesday 1:00pm 45min CC 302AB Being Creative: How Do You Even Get an Idea? What inspires you to create something? Where do you start? How do you know if you have a good idea? Daniel Spector (m), Brad Foster, Teresa Halbert, Jeff Sturgeon, Alan F. Beck 1066 Wednesday 1:00pm 45min CC 303A Gaming for Therapy, Gaming for Education Our panelists discuss how role-playing games, video games and related entertainments work for educational and thera- peutic means, and the current research effort to document and improve on such efforts. John Welker (m), W. A. Hawkes-Robinson 1069 Wednesday 1:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Aliette de Bodard 1072 Wednesday 1:00pm 30min CC 304 Reading—Julie McGalliard 1075 Wednesday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A How Did They Do That Without Computers? Noreascon Chairs Talk About Evolution of Technology & Convention Planning Once upon a time, conventions were planned using telephones, WEDNESDAY 29

note cards, and typewriters. How did they do a budget without spreadsheets? Or create publications without desktop publish- ing? Or communicate with their committee without cellphones or email? From the horse-and-buggy days to the Web, how has con-running been transformed? Noreascon chairs talk about how technology has helped (and hindered) convention planning. Megan Frank (m), Deb Geisler, Tony Lewis, Mark L. Olson, Leslie Turek 1078 Wednesday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Writing Accurately About Disabilities in Fiction How can writers best learn how to write about characters with disabilities? Are there good online resources? Should the por- trayal of disabled characters vary between SF and fantasy? What works deal well with integrating disabled characters and which works really blow it? Andi Shechter (m), Patricia MacEwen, William Alvis Tomasson, ElizaBeth Gilligan 1081 Wednesday 1:00pm 5hr CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show Opens Exhibition of art from around the world. 1084 Wednesday 1:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Pat Cadigan, Erin Lale, G. David Nordley, Alan P. Smale 1087 Wednesday 1:30pm 30min CC 303A Reading—James Van Pelt 1090 Wednesday 2:00pm 3hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Frozen and Vintage Mickey Mouse Cartoons Vintage Mickey Mouse Cartoons Get a Horse & Frozen Fever Feature Film—Frozen (2013) When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite win- ter, her sister, Anna, teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition. 1093 Wednesday 2:00pm 10hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Black Shield Gaming—Knight Court (Dres- den Files) Black Shield Productions is a team of high-quality Game Mas- ters running a variety of fun and exciting role-playing events throughout the convention. Come to Salon III to check out the signup sheets and choose from a wide selection of events in a variety of systems and genres. We are ready to provide a fun and exciting role-playing experience to everyone from the new player looking to try out role-playing to long time players who are looking for new and challenging games! Knight Court Te world is a big place, and a lot of bad stuff finds its way to Chi- cago, but the current Full Moon rising over Tokyo spells trouble for Japan. Supernatural forces hidden for centuries have decided to show themselves, enthralling most of the city and it is up to those “in the know” and “not quite human” to start putting the pieces together. It may not just be Tokyo that needs saving, or it may be the world. Tis isn’t a job for one wizard. It’s a job for everyone. Join the Resistance…Welcome to Knight Court. Knight Court is a Role-playing event set in the world of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files. It is a continuously running event that anyone can join or leave at any time. Come play for as long as you want. See if your character can help solve Tokyo’s mystery, and stop the end of the world! Knight Court will be open from 6 pm to Midnight Wednesday, 10 am to Midnight Tursday and 5 pm to 11 pm Friday, with the Finale starting at approximately 7 pm on Friday. No knowledge of the Dresden universe is required to play. Host: Black Shield Productions System: Dresden Files RPG (FATE) Luke Hutson, Molly Lloyd, Greg Schneider, Casey Almas 1096 Wednesday 2:00pm 50min CC 203 Twilight Zone Radio: “Static” A man discovers his antique radio is able to pick up the signal from a station that no longer exists. An adaptation of the TV 30 WEDNESDAY

episode, starring Stan Freberg. Presented courtesy of Twilight Zone Radio (twilightzoneradio.com). 1099 Wednesday 2:00pm 1hr 44min CC 205 Another World—PG-13 Horror Feature—Israel Director: Eitan Reuven In a post-apocalyptic future, a biological warfare program gone wrong leaves only four survivors defending themselves from the “the infected”—mindless killers. As they struggle to survive and make sense of what is happening, they find another survivor, intent on revealing the truth. 1102 Wednesday 2:00pm 45min CC 300C Hints for Running Local Conventions How do you start a local convention? Maybe, more importantly, why do you start a local convention? What are some of the dif- ferences between regionals and Worldcons? What can you do to keep the local con fresh? When do you decide it’s time to “pull the plug?” Helen Montgomery (m), Lynn Gold, Melanie Herz 1105 Wednesday 2:00pm 45min CC 300D Headology & Bofo—Character and Cunning on the Dis- cworld Join us for a discussion about some of the greatest characters on the Discworld: Granny Weatherwax, Commander Vimes, Cap- tain Angua, and the Patrician, to name a few. We’ll take a look at their darker sides, and discuss where these traits have led them. Patty Panek (m), Denise Connell, Aliette de Bodard, Gillian Redfearn, Shanna Swendson 1108 Wednesday 2:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Fei Tang 1111 Wednesday 2:00pm 45min CC 302AB The Art of Jef Sturgeon Jeff Sturgeon is a Northwest artist known for his beautiful, award-winning metal paintings. He is considered one of the top astronomical and science fiction artists working in the field today with exhibitions across the country. His unique works are highly sought after by collectors. Jeff paints primarily with acrylics on textured aluminum, and over the years has gath- ered an impressive client list, from book, music, and magazine publishers to JPL NASA. Jeff was an art director and game designer in the computer game business for many years—most notably at Electronic Arts—before he turned to illustrating and painting full time. Come for a tour de force of the works of this ground-breaking artist and perhaps get a sneak peek into his upcoming projects! Jeff Sturgeon 1114 Wednesday 2:00pm 45min CC 303A How Bidding for Worldcons Has Changed Pat & Roger Sims have been active in fandom since the ’50s and have been involved in many Worldcon bids. Hear how Worldcon bids have changed (dramatically) over the years. Joe Siclari (m), Pat Sims, Roger Sims, Elizabeth McCarty 1117 Wednesday 2:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Richard Kadrey 1120 Wednesday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Bobbie DuFault Memorial Bobbie Dufault was the engine behind the bid for this Worldcon, who, sadly, died just two weeks after Spokane won the bid back in 2013. Some of her family & friends remember her. Jerry Gieseke, Gene Armstrong, Marah Searle-Kovacevic, Alex von Torn, Sally Woehrle 1123 Wednesday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Hard SF Movies: Rare but Not Extinct Hard SF has always been rare in the movies. “Forbidden Planet,” “2001,” “2010,” and a few others set the standard. Recently, “Interstellar” had a well-known physicist keeping the science (mostly) in line with reality, and next year we’ll have “Te Mar- tian.” What are the great works of hard SF in the movies? What tried and failed? Are there cases where they tried to keep the science so hard they hurt the story? (We can all name pieces of written SF that did that.) WEDNESDAY 31

Connie Willis (m), Fonda Lee, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro 1126 Wednesday 2:00pm 4hr CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Opens Te Sasquan Dealer Room has your stuff! Tat latest science fiction novel that just came out you’ve been meaning to buy, the right hat for your costume, the shiny pretty thing you didn’t know you wanted until you saw it...the Dealers Room has that! 1129 Wednesday 2:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Elizabeth Bear, Patricia Briggs, Wesley Chu, Tanglwyst de Holloway,David D. Levine 1132 Wednesday 2:00pm 4hr CC Hall B—Site Selection Site Selection Opens Want to vote for the location of the 2017 Worldcon? Here’s where to go! Don’t forget that it closes for the convention promptly at 6pm on Friday. 1135 Wednesday 2:00pm 8hr CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Opens Exhibit Hall C is home to the Fan Exhibits, Worldcon Exhibits, daytime Fan Lounge, Guinan’s Place: Bar & Lounge, Super Sci- ence Saturday and more! Some parts of the hall may not be open when the rest of the hall is open. 1138 Wednesday 2:00pm 8hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Opens Guinan’s Place: Cabaret, Watering Hole & Bar features music and other events during Worldcon. You are welcome to sit in the lounge when the bar is not open. You may purchase food in the Hall D snack bar and bring it into the lounge when Hall C is open. “Last call” is a half hour before the bar closes. 1141 Wednesday 2:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Patricia MacEwen 1144 Wednesday 2:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Shannon Page 1147 Wednesday 2:50pm 1hr 40min CC 203 Jef Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978) Jeff Wayne’s rock opera of the H. G. Wells classic, starring Rich- ard Burton. 1150 Wednesday 3:00pm 9hr DBT 15th foor—Presidental Suite Con Suite—The Tempus Fugit Cafe Opens Te Con Suite is open for members to stop up and have a snack. 1153 Wednesday 3:00pm 45min CC 207 Balloon Sculpture 1 Balloon scupltures for the younger set. John Wardale 1156 Wednesday 3:00pm 1hr CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Opening Ceremonies Tis is a celebration of the Great Northwest and how history, science fiction, and fantasy overlap. Meet our wonderful guests and get a taste of things to come. We are thrilled to have local a Native American storyteller to welcome us all to a great con- vention. Want to be surprised and delighted? Don’t miss our Opening Ceremonies! Brad Foster, David Gerrold, Nina Horvath, Vonda N. McIntyre, Tom Smith, Leslie Turek, Sally Woehrle 1159 Wednesday 3:45pm 14min CC 205 Enjoy Your Intermission—PG Documentary—USA Director: Tansy Michaud & Adam Carbon Enjoy Your Intermission is a touching portrait documentary of Hi-Way Drive-in theater, a drive-in theater two hours outside of New York City whose owners carry a distinct and inspiring passion and dedication to their trade. Tis film dives much deeper than simply being a portrait of a drive-in theater, but also addresses the changing economic, technological, and experien- tial climate of cinema itself, and its impact on the movie-going experience. 1162 Wednesday 4:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Accounts From the History of the Spokane Tribe An Account of Historical Period on the Spokane River: Jim Sey- ler, a representative of the Spokane Tribe will talk about the his- tory of his people in the area. Te history covered will primarily 32 WEDNESDAY

fall within the years between the 1700’S and the 1900’s. Special thanks to “Jimbo” for taking the time out of his busy schedule to talk with us on this subject James “Jimbo” Seyler 1165 Wednesday 4:00pm 10min CC 205 Yo Say Pedro—PG-13 SF&F Shorts 1 SF&F France Director: Jordan Inconstant 1977 Mackenzie and Banks, two American cops, encounter an alien that has just crashed. Te police take him for a film actor and decided to bring him back to Hollywood studios. 1168 Wednesday 4:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes 1171 Wednesday 4:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Ben Seims 1174 Wednesday 4:00pm 45min CC 302AB The Art of Jef Fennel Jeff is an award winning artist and illustrator in a variety of mediums and disciplines. His primary career has revolved around video game and entertainment design since entering the field in 1989. His interests in astronomy & physics, science-fiction and cultural anthropology continue to inspire his work. He is a member of the prestigious International Association of Astro- nomical Artists (I.A.A.A.) and is a frequent guest and speaker at science-fiction conventions throughout the West. Come for a personal tour through his past projects and perhaps a hint into where his creative wanderings shall take him next! Jeff Fennel 1177 Wednesday 4:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Steven Silver 1180 Wednesday 4:00pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Open Reading—Deby Fredericks Deby Fredericks 1183 Wednesday 4:00pm 4hr CC Park First Night First Night will be in Riverfront Park behind the Convention Center. As you exit a back door of the Convention Center, follow the signs (on your right) to the Lilac Bowl (music), Meadow (var- ious activities and games) and the Forestry Shelter (in the woods on the hill, food and drink) In the unlikely event of heavy rain, high winds or thunder- storms, First Night will be in Hall C of the Convention Center. 1186 Wednesday 4:10pm 15min CC 205 Ouroboros—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Alexander Broderick Quantum physicist Dr. Faye O’Neill creates an artificial worm- hole and achieves a breakthrough in teleportation. But the wormhole brings an unexpected visitor—Faye’s future self— with a warning that the teleportation device threatens the fabric of space-time and the very existence of the universe. 1189 Wednesday 4:25pm 10min CC 205 The Washing Machine—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Lorenzo Pomari Billy is a broke young man who is struggling to pay his bills at the end of the month. One day, he finds out that there is a magical washing machine in his basement that generates money every time he uses it. His life changes completely, but he will have to pay the price for his inexplicable and sudden fortune. 1192 Wednesday 4:30pm 30min Park Lilac Bowl First Night Music: Musician vs. Artist Phil Foglio, Tom Smith 1195 Wednesday 4:30pm 30min CC 203 The Adventures of the Red Panda: “The World Next Door” (2007) In 1934, a would-be thief at a scientific conference spins a fan- tastic tale of the occult, time travel, and an obscure German WEDNESDAY 33

political party. Is this too much for even Canada’s greatest superhero to handle? Presented courtesy of Decoder Ring Teatre (decoderringtheatre. com). 1198 Wednesday 4:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Ann Chamberlin 1201 Wednesday 4:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Elizabeth Gilligan 1204 Wednesday 4:35pm 18min CC 205 The Zahir—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Olga Holta A young academic embarks on a quest to unravel the mystery of a famous traveler’s disappearance in 19th century India. His search results in encounters with a crazy physicist and an exotic female, which leads him to some other dimension. 1207 Wednesday 4:45pm 42min CC 205 Iron Cloud—PG-13 SF&F—Poland Director: Nikodem Wojciechowski Te sci-fi drama Iron Cloud tells the story of two brothers living in the eastern totalitarian country. Life for them takes a turn for the worse after the younger brother gets beaten during an interrogation and the older one, with his wife and daughter, are brutally intimidated by police. Te boy hatches a plan of escape to an unnamed, free, technologically advanced neighboring country. Te technocratic West will welcome the immigrants with open arms and give them shelter, but not exactly in a way they have always expected. Teir new home, apparently a perfect place to live, will soon turn out to be only a new version of prison people build for one another. 1210 Wednesday 5:00pm 30min Park Lilac Bowl First Night Music: Truforce, Set 1 1213 Wednesday 5:00pm 1hr Park Meadow First Night: Pictionary in the Park Play Pictionary outside during First Night Brad Foster, Elizabeth Leggett, Teddy Harvia 1216 Wednesday 5:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Northwest All-Stars Are you wanting to get into the Northwest writing scene but don’t know where to start? Join our panel of local literati from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Canada as they discuss the ins and outs of the often exciting—if sometimes enigmatic—Northwest writing world. Phyllis Irene Radford (m), Esther Jones, Kaye Tornbrugh, Gwen Whiting, Shelley Martin 1219 Wednesday 5:00pm 3hr CC 203 Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe (1982)—PG-13 Ruby investigates a case of media manipulation and winds up facing threats ranging from psychic vampires to incorrigible punsters in this classic NPR series. Presented courtesy of the ZBS Foundation (zbs.org). 1222 Wednesday 5:00pm 45min CC 301 Homestuck Meetup Are you a fan of Homestuck? Stop on by! 1225 Wednesday 5:00pm 45min CC 303A StreetPass Meetup Bring your 3DS for international tags and team-ups. If you don’t know how to configure StreetPass, come and learn how! 1228 Wednesday 5:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Nichole Giles 1231 Wednesday 5:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Ook! A Welcome To Discworld Fans Greetings, Discworld fans. Is this your first time to Worldcon? Or are you new to Discworld? Are you wondering what we have in store for you at Sasquan that’s DW related? Our friendly panel will offer some advice and answer any questions you may have. Join us for a chance to meet other DW fans. We’ll be handing out DW ribbons so that you can recoginize other fans at the con. Laurie Mann (m), Denise Connell, Patty Panek, Richard Stephens, Karen Collins 34 WEDNESDAY

1234 Wednesday 5:30pm 30min Park Lilac Bowl First Night Music: Alexander James Adams Alexander James Adams 1237 Wednesday 5:35pm 21min CC 205 Comic Book Heaven—PG-13 Documentary—USA Director: E.J. McLeavey-Fisher Tis short documentary follows 81 year old Joe Leisner, owner of Comic Book Heaven in Sunnyside, Queens, NY as he can- tankerously assesses the status of his business, the comic book industry, and his future. 1240 Wednesday 5:45pm 45min CC 303B Friends of Bill W. Meetup Meetup for people in recovery 1243 Wednesday 6:00pm 30min Park Lilac Bowl First Night Music: Trueforce, Set 2 1246 Wednesday 6:00pm 1hr Park Meadow First Night: Choose Your Own Apocalypse Space Balrogs present Choose Your Own Apocalypse! Te bad news is, you’re all going to die. Te good news is, you get to choose how. Join the Space Balrogs and special guests in live theater apocalypse pre-enactment and debate. Decide how the earth will end! 1249 Wednesday 6:00pm DBT 12th Floor Childcare Closes 1252 Wednesday 6:00pm 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Sgt. Frog (Dubbed)- Keroro, the leader of a platoon of warriors sent to conquer planet Earth. But now, this once proud soldier spends more time wielding a vacuum than he does the weapons of war, but hey, at least he’s got his own room. 1255 Wednesday 6:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Spocon All-Stars It’s writing and gaming. It’s art and music. It’s anime and filking. It’s science fiction and fantasy fandom at its finest. And it’s every year, right here at home! Come join our panel of Spocon regulars to learn more about the ins and outs of the greatest annual sci-fi and fantasy con in Spokane! Jessica Rising (m), C.J. Cherryh, Jane Fancher, Charlene MacKay, Deby Fredericks 1258 Wednesday 6:00pm 15min CC 205 Developer—PG-13 SF&F—Hungary Director: Odegnal Robert Te scene is an alternative Budapest, with a special kind of dictatorship controlled by a company group called GOLDEN DIMENSION. Lens is dark, cynical character of this world. With his special ability of unknown origin, under the influence of a drug, he can burn the pictures of the past and the future into photosensitive paper. Lens hates the present because he understands the past and sees the future. He sells his ability as an outlaw private detective. One day, the position of the oppressing power seems to get unstable as some strictly confidential documents are stolen from the home of the president of the Golden Dimension. Ironi- cally, it is the specially skilled Lens who gets the task to find the person who could ruin the oppressing system by using the stolen incriminating evidence. When he gets to the robbery scene, it’s all set up for the experiment. He administers his drug, sticks the photosensitive paper on his nape... 1261 Wednesday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show Closes 1264 Wednesday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Closes 1267 Wednesday 6:00pm CC Hall B—Site Selection Site Selection Closes 1270 Wednesday 6:00pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: New & Returning Worldcon Fans Rendezvous People shall get together and love on Worldcon. WEDNESDAY 35

1273 Wednesday 6:00pm 1hr 30min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Girl Genius Radio Theatre Presenting two thrilling tales of Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius! “Six of One:” Agatha and her coterie are engaged to repair the deadly doom clock of Magnus von Tikkerboom. Who would be crazy enough to hire them to do that? Why would she do it? What could possibly go wrong? “Half A Dozen of the Othar;” Having realized the “worst possi- ble scenario” and created six identical copies of Othar Tryggvas- sen-Gentleman Adventurer, Agatha and her pals are shanghaied to the Center of the Earth to fight a robot rebellion. Family Friendly Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio 1276 Wednesday 6:15pm 9min CC 205 Cough—PG-13 SF&F—Australia Director: Jason Kempnich Civil liberties are so yesterday... Food shortages during a year- long pandemic force recently widowed George (Robert Coleby) to stray far from home to survive. A simple purchase of rations derails when George stumbles upon a Shopkeeper’s (Christo- pher Sommers) secret, placing all of them in mortal jeopardy. 1279 Wednesday 6:25pm 19min CC 205 300,000 Kilometers Per Second—PG-13 SF&F—France Director Stephane Rethore Paris, 1956….Lucien Lacroix, inventor, has resumed the researches of his late father and created a watch that permits the wearer to travel in time. Deciding to go to Geneva to patent his invention, he’s followed by two mysterious individuals... 1282 Wednesday 6:45pm 24min CC 205 Distance—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Aimee Long In the year 2038, a man is about to embark on a journey of rec- onciliation with his estranged daughter when a natural disaster hurls his plans off course. 1285 Wednesday 7:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Legends & Lore of the Inland Northwest We all know about dragons, faeries, elves and angels, but what about Chef-Eth, Elk Monster, and Sasquatch? Join our distin- guished panel of experts & meet some “new” local legends to invigorate your stories, revitalize your games, and wow your imagination—the legends & lore of the Inland Northwest. Jeanine Hennig (m), Bobbie Benton Hull, Frog Jones, H.M. Jones, Robbie Paul, James “Jimbo” Seyler 1288 Wednesday 7:00pm 45min CC 201A Furry Writing Furry fandom is anthropomorphic writing, where animals look and behave in human fashion. Lots of stories have been written in this genre. Come find out more about this topic. Gene Armstrong 1291 Wednesday 7:00pm 2hr CC 304 WSFS Mark Protection Meeting An opening meeting of the only permanent body of the World Science Fiction Society. Te MPC manages the intellectual property of WSFS, including the service marks on “Worldcon” and “Hugo Award,” and the Worldcon and Hugo Award web sites. At this meeting, the MPC will finalize their report to WSFS to be presented at the Tursday Business Meeting. John Coxon, Linda Deneroff, Scott Dennis, Paul Dormer, Deb Geisler, Glenn Glazer, Tim Illingworth, Dave McCarty, Mark L. Olson, Adrienne Seel, Randall Shephard, Kevin Standlee, Ben Yalow, Donald Eastlake 1294 Wednesday 7:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B To Include or Not to Include...Evaluating Writing Critiques When you’ve had a manuscript critiqued, you’ve gotten feed- back…likely tons of it. But how do you sort out the good advice? What do you do with conflicting advice? New and mid-level writers can be led astray by critiques as easily as helped by them. 36 WEDNESDAY

Tis panel will discuss how to choose the advice that benefits your writing while still keeping it your story. Alan Smale (m), Karen G. Anderson, Jennifer L. Carson, Scott Edelman, Patricia Briggs 1297 Wednesday 7:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Sequel, Add-On, or DLC We discuss the pros and cons of the different ways of expand- ing successful games beyond their initial installments—both in terms of revenue and other benefit to the creators, and adoption and enjoyment by the player base. Annie Bellet (m), William Frank, Warren Frey, Patrick Hester 1300 Wednesday 7:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Maker/3-D Printing 3D Printing Demonstration—Night Owl edition Have you ever wished you could make cool plastic toys yourself? Or maybe you’d prefer to make something more practical. Te 3D printing demonstration will explain what people use their 3D printers for (hint: NOT creating working 3D-printed guns; we’ll leave that to movie villains), as well as the different types of 3D printers available. Te discussion will then focus on how you can create your own files or find existing files to create your own 3D printed objects. Tis will be followed by a practical demonstration of how a 3D printer works. (Tis is the first of three identical presentations.) Inez Gowsell 1303 Wednesday 7:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Closes 1306 Wednesday 7:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers/Accessibility Close 1309 Wednesday 7:10pm 17min CC 205 H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Anthony Penta An adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s supernatural horror story. Two grave robbers steal a mysterious amulet from an island graveyard and revive a centuries-old curse. 1312 Wednesday 7:30pm 21min CC 205 Nona—PG-13 Horror—Belgium Director: Georges Terryn On Saint Valentine’s Day, the Boy meets Nona at a truck stop near Castle Rock... together they hitch-hike and kill everyone that stands in the way of their love. Based on the story by Ste- phen King (with permission). 1315 Wednesday 8:00pm 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I KamiSama Kiss A stranger’s lips have marked Nanami as the new Land God, and a headstrong yokai named Tomeo is reluctant to become her familiar. Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title? 1318 Wednesday 8:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Picture This… A RadCon tradition. Everyone has a mental movie that plays as we read. A guest writer brings a short story to share while artists sketch their inner visions. Beginners and experts welcome! Rob Carlos, Brenda Carre, Cisily Sandoval, Phil Foglio 1321 Wednesday 8:00pm 14min CC 205 Vomica—PG-13 Horror—UK Director: Andy Green A short horror film about a British Commando raid that finds an ancient evil in the crypts and tunnels of Occupied France. Mix- ing action with a sense of creeping horror, Vomica is a homage to the great American writer, H P Lovecraft. Adult-only content. 1324 Wednesday 8:00pm 3hr 30min CC 300A WorldProm: The WorldCon Prom Join us as we celebrate the first ever Junior/Senior prom at Sasquan High—Enchantment Under the Sea! It promises to be a lively evening of dancing to all your favorite tunes spun by DJs James A and the Empress! While we can’t promise Chuck Berry’s cousin on stage, we may be able to accommodate some WEDNESDAY 37

time warping fun! Snap your prom photo in front of our under- sea backdrop! Enjoy some refreshments! Make this WorldCon memorable by coming to WorldProm and dancing the evening away! Semi-formal attire admired, but not required. Susan Leabhart (m), James A. Hoffman (m) 1327 Wednesday 8:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Costume, Clothing, or Ceremonial Clothing? What is the distinction between costume, clothing, and ceremo- nial clothing? How to be culturally aware, and not be culturally naive or offensive. Phyllis Eide (m), Mir Plemmons, Robbie Paul, Gregg Castro 1330 Wednesday 8:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Friends Remembered—Memorial Every year, we stop to look back at the fans and pros who’ve died over the last year. Stop by to learn about some of our friends or to share a story. Steven Silver, Laurie Mann 1333 Wednesday 8:00pm 2hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Discworld Pub Quiz Join your fellow Discworld fans in the Cabaret for some trivia fun and games at the Discworld Pub Quiz. Sponsored by the Discworld Bakers Guild. Patty Panek, Kim Lynn, Tessa Dagger 1336 Wednesday 8:15pm 14min CC 205 The Stomach—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Ben Steiner Frank’s had enough. A spirit medium whose unique and gro- tesque method of channeling the dead is putting his own life at risk, he wants out. But others, in this world and the next, have plans of their own. Part body-horror, part ghost-story, Te Stomach is a unique tale of Supernatural Noir. 1339 Wednesday 8:30pm 10min CC 205 Dead Guy In The Trunk—PG-13 Horror—Australia Director: Lucas Scheffel April fears her relationship with Marvin has come to an end after he fails to come home for their anniversary dinner. When Marvin gets home in the early hours of the morning covered in blood, April questions if he is, in fact, who she thought he was or... a cold blooded murder. Based on a True Story. 1342 Wednesday 8:40pm 1hr 9min CC 205 Dark Forest—PG-17 Horror Feature—Canada Director: Roger Boyer A weekend getaway turns in a fight for their lives. 1345 Wednesday 9:00pm 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Mad Marmot Meet-and-Greet Te Mad Marmot is SpoCon’s official mascot. A “Marmot” is also what SpoCon affectionately calls its past Guests of Honor... and, SpoCon has had some amazing Guests, and Pros. Come join SpoCon as we celebrate 8 years of celebrating fandom in Spokane. Charlene MacKay, J Randal MacKay, Robert McDonell 1348 Wednesday 9:00pm 2hr DBT Shades Conference Room Poker Chip Bardic—Wednesday Tis combines the spontanaiety of chaos with the fairness of a bardic circle. Everyone is given a colored poker chip. When you want to perform or request a song, you toss your poker chip in the middle of the room. When all poker chips of one color have been tossed, folks move onto another color. Barry Gold, Lee Gold 1351 Wednesday 9:00pm 1hr 30min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Carl Sagan Medal Speech Longtime fan and the Vatican astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, won the Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communica- tion in Planetary Science. His speech is: Discarded Worlds: Astronomical Ideas that Were Almost Correct... Astronomy is more than just observing; it’s making sense of those observations. A good theorist needs a good imagination... 38 WEDNESDAY

and no fear of being wrong. Ptolemy in ancient Rome, the medi- eval bishops Oresme and Cusa, the 19th century astronomers Schiaparelli and Pickering, all rose to the challenge; and they were all almost correct. Which is to say, they were wrong...some- times hilariously, sometimes heartbreakingly so. What lessons can 21st century astronomers take from these discarded worlds? Guy Consolmagno (m) 1354 Wednesday 9:50pm 4min CC 205 Self Portrait—PG-13 Horror—UK Director: Lewis Rose An artist’s world begins to unravel as he discovers the darker side to painting a self-portrait. Racked by paranoia, he enters a downward spiral from which he and his art will never recover... Self Portrait is a surreal Gothic drama that has been described as “Te Picture of Dorian Gray” in reverse. Writer/director Lewis Rose also stars in the lead role, thereby creating a bizarre self-referential piece of cinema that examines the line between filmmaker and protagonist. 1357 Wednesday 9:55pm 1hr CC 205 The Minions—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Jeremiah Kipp William’s walk home becomes dangerous when he chooses to go down ‘the witches’ path’—a place of emotional and per- haps supernatural relevance to him. Just as he believes he has escaped, he happens upon two drunk girls who need his help. As he recalls the evening, he begins to question who (or what) the girls really are and their power over him. 1360 Wednesday 10:00pm CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Closes 1363 Wednesday 10:00pm CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Closes 1366 Wednesday 10:30pm 1hr Park King Cole Footbridge Star Party Brother Guy and the Spokane Astronomical Society will lead a walk in the park. What can we see in the sky from a city? We will stop by the Breezeway en route to the King Cole Footbridge in Riverfront Park. Guy Consolmagno 1369 Wednesday 10:30pm 2hr 30min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I My Little Monster Adult content. When Mizutani Shizuku is asked to deliver some handouts to a boy who hasn’t come to school after spilling blood on the first day, she finds herself the target of his affection. THURSDAY 39 Highlights t
WSFS Business Meeting (Preliminary) 10am, 300B t
Terry Pratchett Memorial 12pm, Bays 111A t
David Gerrold Guest Interview 1pm, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B t
Fannish Inquisition—Worldcon Bid Presentations 4pm, Bays 111A t
Trailer Park 4pm, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B t
Chesley Awards Ceremony 7pm, 300D t
God Is an Iron 8:30pm, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B

2003 Thursday 12:00am 24hr DBT 15th foor—Presidental Suite Con Suite—The Tempus Fugit Cafe Remains Open Te Con Suite is open for members to stop up and have a snack. 2006 Thursday 1:00am 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Skip Beat Adult content. Kyoko works like a slave to keep the lavish apart- ment that her lifetime friend, Shotaro, demands they live in. But when Shotaro hits it big in the music industry, he drops her like a rock. Now Kyoko lives with one goal in mind, to get back at Shotaro in the way it will hurt him most; show business. 2009 Thursday 3:00am 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Soul Eater Adult content. Maka is a Meister and Soul is her Weapon. As students at the Grim Reaper’s Death Weapon Meister Acad- emy, their study habits couldn’t be more different. But in battle against the supernatural forces of evil, they’re a freakin’ lethal team. 2012 Thursday 5:00am 1hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Hetalia Adult content. Forget everything you learned in history class, and imagine all the nations of the world as unique individuals hanging out on a wildly inappropriate reality show. Now, toss in every stereotype ever and prepare to pledge allegiance to your favorite superpower in Hetalia! 2015 Thursday 9:00am 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Black Ribboners Meetup Meetup for Discworld fans in recovery. 2018 Thursday 9:00am 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite D Lois McMaster Bujold Listies Meetup LMB Listies Meetup—Past and present members of the Lois McMaster Bujold e-mail list. Other Bujold fans are also welcome! 2021 Thursday 9:00am 45min CC Breezeway/Statue Stroll with the Stars A gentle morning stroll with some of your favorite authors, art- ists and editors. Meeting each morning at 9AM in the Breeze- way between the INB Teater and the Convention Center (check your map), and returning in time for 10AM programming. Stu Segal (m), David Gerrold, Vonda N. McIntyre, Cat Rambo, Lawrence M. Schoen, Stephen Segal, Tom Smith 2024 Thursday 9:00am 10hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Opens At-the-door and pre-registered attendees can pick up their badges. Bring along a photo ID to pick up your badge if you’ve preregistered for the con. 2027 Thursday 9:00am 10hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers/Accessibility Open Have a question about Sasquan or Spokane? Need to sign up for an item requiring advance sign-up? Willing to give the con- vention a hand? Need help with accessibility issues? Stop by the Information Booth and ask. 40 THURSDAY

2030 Thursday 9:30am 8hr 30min DBT 12th Floor Childcare Opens Your child(ren) must be registered with the convention through Registration in Hall D of the Convention Center (whether with Child/Family memberships or as Kids- in Tow) before they can be booked into the KiddieCorp service on the 12th floor of the Doubletree. Depending on the type of membership your child has, there may be a fee for Childcare. Note that Childcare closes at 6:00 pm tonight. To sign up for Childcare, go to https://www. kiddiecorp.com/sasquankids.htm 2033 Thursday 9:30am 29min CC 205 Doctor Who—PG-13 Fan Film—USA Director: Ryan Wasson Te newly-regenerated 17th Doctor meets Hannah, a teacher from Chicago. She travels with the Doctor and helps him find out what a Time Crystal is. 2036 Thursday 10:00am 3hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I The Villain and Road Runner Cartoons Road Runner Cartoons Feature Film—Te Villain (1979) When a bank robbery goes awry, he lands in jail facing a hang- man’s noose! When the corrupt owner of the bank offers him a job, Jack sees a chance to both stay alive and get rich in the process. All he has to do is steal a strongbox full of money the banker lent to Mr. Parody Jones who needs it to keep his mining operation going. If he defaults on the loan, our “friendly” banker takes over the mine. Ms. Charming Jones (Margret) comes to town to collect the money and take it back to her father, Parody. To ensure the money makes it back home, Parody has called in a favor from a man who owes him a life debt. Enter Handsome Stranger (Schwarzenegger). Te toughest and strongest hero in the west. As tough as a steel plate but, unfortunately, just as dense. As Charming and Handsome set off on their journey, Jack sets out after them. Using his trusty “Bad Men Of Te West” handbook, Jack sets one trap after another only to have each one go awry in true Wile E. Coyote VS Te Roadrunner fashion. 2039 Thursday 10:00am 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon II Young Adult Meet and Greet Teens, this is your time to hangout and talk with other YA sci-fi/ fantasy/horror fans and con kids. Hang out in the YA lounge with like-minded young adults and build friendships. Plan your schedule with new friends, find a cosy place to read, or freshen up your cosplay. We’ll have cookies and lemonade to share. Plus, there is a gaming room right next door. Te Teen Lounge is located in the Double Tree. 2042 Thursday 10:00am 14hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Role-Playing Games with Black Shield Productions Black Shield Productions is a team of high-quality Game Mas- ters running a variety of fun and exciting role-playing events throughout the convention. Come to Salon III to check out the signup sheets and choose from a wide selection of events in a variety of systems and genres. We are ready to provide a fun and exciting role-playing experience to everyone from the new player looking to try out role-playing to long time players who are looking for new and challenging games! Knight Court Continues—See Wednesday 2:00 PM—Midnight for description Molly Lloyd, Casey Almas, Luke Hutson, Greg Schneider 2045 Thursday 10:00am 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Cartoon Fandom 101 From “Family Guy” to “Steven Universe,” cartoons have made an enormous leap in our social consciousness since the early ’90s. Do you have a favorite? Maybe it’s a Disney Channel gem such as “Gravity Falls,” or perhaps its a webcomic / cartoon like “Homestuck,” or maybe... just maybe... the juggarnaut that has become “My Little Pony: Friendshp is Magic.” What do you like best about your favorites? Join our experts as they discuss the THURSDAY 41

mysteries, characters, plot devices, and fandoms of cartoons in the 21st century. Leigh Ann Hildebrand (m), Julie McGalliard, Jeanne Mealy, Emily Sandoval, Kaye Tornbrugh 2048 Thursday 10:00am 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 01 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Gerri Balter (m), Ann Chamberlin, L. E. Modesitt Jr. 2051 Thursday 10:00am 3hr CC 201B Writers Workshop section 10 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. ElizaBeth Gilligan, Phyllis Irene Radford 2054 Thursday 10:00am 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Kanyu Wang Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2057 Thursday 10:00am 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Alexander James Adams Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2060 Thursday 10:00am 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Tanglwyst de Holloway Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2063 Thursday 10:00am 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Anaea Lay Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2066 Thursday 10:00am 45min CC 202C Make your own Fairy Wings Teresa Halbert, Seattle textile artist extraordinaire, leads this hands-on demonstration on how to make your own fairy wings to add to your own artwork. Teresa will show you a technique with heat sealing to avoid raw edges and seam allowances, mak- ing the process quick and easy! Heated elements will be used. Participants must be ages 15 and up. On-site registration limited to 10 attendees per workshop. Teresa Halbert 2069 Thursday 10:00am 2hr 5min CC 203 The Legend of Springheel’d Jack (2013)—PG Te mysterious creature called Springheel’d Jack has reappeared and begun killing people—or has it? Detective Jonah Smith tries to find the truth, chasing down two slim clues: a company of travelling players with bad luck, and a box that sings of things beyond human comprehension... Presented courtesy of Te Wireless Teatre Company (wireless- theatrecompany.co.uk). 2072 Thursday 10:00am 20min CC 205 Losers—PG-13 Fan Film—USA Director: Carlos de Rosario Pop culture addicts Zack (Zack Abramowitz (30 Rock)) and Manny (Matt Steiner) attend an engagement party where groom-to-be Roy (Devin Klos), a former ‘mega-geek’ has turned ‘normal’ in an effort to pursue a happy future with beautiful vegan baker, Emily (Maya Murphy). When learning that at a vegan party there is no meat, a delirious Manny falls into a stupor where he meets his guardian angel, Serra (Shannon Ken- dall). After given sage advice, Zack decides that he must save Roy from himself which leads to an epic laser sword battle! A sci-fi/fantasy comedy with loving references from Star Wars to Battlestar Galactica, LOSERS is an explosive story not to be 42 THURSDAY

missed! Co-Starring Jordan Gosnell (Nashville, Gossip Girl), Chaka DeSilva, Diana Cherkas, and Joe Cummings. 2075 Thursday 10:00am 1hr 45min CC 206BCD Kamikaze Costuming Costumes in an hour! Janine Wardale, Torrey Stenmark 2078 Thursday 10:00am 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Opens Activities for children from 6–12 who are Sasquan members or Kids-in-Tow. We have a program for the full weekend involving art, crafts, games, science, magic, story-telling and music, and a bit of space for children to enjoy. See http://sasquan.org/pro- gram/kids-and-young-adult/ for details. 2081 Thursday 10:00am 2hr 45min CC 300B WSFS Business Meeting (Preliminary) Joining Sasquan made you a member of the World Science Fiction Society, the organization that has sponsored World- con since 1939. WSFS holds its business meeting annually at Worldcon, making the rules that govern Worldcons and the Hugo Awards. Every attending member of Sasquan is welcome to attend the meeting, participate in debates, and vote. Te Pre- liminary Meeting is responsible for setting the agenda for the rest of the meetings this year, including amending proposals and potentially killing them before they make it to the floor of the Main Meetings. Today’s meeting may have limited seating but a large amount of standing room is available. Please make seats available for members with accessibility issues. Arrive early to collect and read agenda handouts. Jared Dashoff, Kevin Standlee, Linda Deneroff, Jesi Pershing, Donald Eastlake, Lisa Hayes, Joyce Reynolds-Ward 2084 Thursday 10:00am 45min CC 302AB Designing Color-fading LED Ornaments Join Jeri Lynn for an informal talk about a new maker’s process of designing and producing a small batch of color-fading LED Christmas ornaments. She will discuss the problems that she faced and the solutions she came up with that led to a successful product. Jeri Lynn Cornish 2087 Thursday 10:00am 45min CC 303A Getting to Know Spokane, Focus on Food! Learn about some of the best places you can get to quickly from the Convention Center, the Davenport & Te Red Lions. Cherise Kelley, Charlene MacKay, J Randal MacKay 2090 Thursday 10:00am 30min CC 303B Reading—Fran Wilde 2093 Thursday 10:00am 45min CC 401C 150 Years of Alice in Wonderland Tis year marks the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland. Tis classic novel continues to maintain its hold on children, young adults, and adults. What is it about this story that appeals to readers of such diverse circumstances and ages? Is it as rel- evant today as when it was first published? Given the various adaptations in print, film, games, etc., have the adaptations out- paced the original? And what more do they lend, add, or miss in comparison to the original story written by Lewis Carroll? Toni Weisskopf (m), Alaina Ewing, Nichole Giles, Todd McCaffrey, Gillian Redfearn 2096 Thursday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show Opens Exhibition of art from around the world. 2099 Thursday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall A—Artist/Author Alley Artist/Author Alley Opens Stop by to watch an artist or author work, and perhaps buy one of their works. Tursday Morning: Loren Damewood, Goldeen Ogawa, Jay Swanson, Wendy Fan Camp Tursday Afternoon: John Alexander, Jerry Minor, Josh Powell 2102 Thursday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Opens Te Sasquan Dealer Room has your stuff! Tat latest science fiction novel that just came out you’ve been meaning to buy, THURSDAY 43

the right hat for your costume, the shiny pretty thing you didn’t know you wanted until you saw it...the Dealers Room has that! 2105 Thursday 10:00am 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Mur Laferty, Elizabeth Leggett 2108 Thursday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall B—Site Selection SIte Selection Opens Want to vote for the location of the 2017 Worldcon? Here’s where to go! Don’t forget that it closes for the convention promptly at 6pm on Friday. 2111 Thursday 10:00am 12hr CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Opens Exhibit Hall C is home to the Fan Exhibits, Worldcon Exhibits, daytime Fan Lounge, Guinan’s Place: Bar & Lounge, Super Sci- ence Saturday and more! Some parts of the hall may not be open when the rest of the hall is open. 2114 Thursday 10:20am 13min CC 205 Last of Us: Trust—PG-13 Fan Film—USA Director: Brandon Lee Hunt Set in the world of Naughty Dog’s “Te Last of Us,” Trust fol- lows the unlikely pairing of Rhys and Kate as they traverse an apocalyptic world ravaged by hostile humans and zombie-like creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. 2117 Thursday 10:30am 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Esther Jones 2120 Thursday 10:30am 30min CC 301 Reading—Daniel Kimmel 2123 Thursday 10:30am 30min CC 303B Reading—Patrick Hester 2126 Thursday 10:35am 1hr CC 205 Star Trek New Voyages: Mind Sifter—PG-13 Fan Film—USA Director: Mark Edward Lewis A tortured and amnesiac Captain Kirk is dumped into Earth’s past by the Klingons, where he ends up in a 1950’s mental insti- tution. Meanwhile, a shattered Enterprise crew tries to survive with its new captain: Mister Spock. 2129 Thursday 11:00am 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Writing for Children in the Inland North- west How do you cement a place on the local school visit lists? What kinds of children’s literature programs do the local libraries feature and how do you get in on them? Join our panel of local children’s writers, teachers and librarians as they discuss the ins and outs of introducing your words to the children of the Inland Northwest. Jessica Rising (m), Sheri Boggs, Anna Brougher, Kris Dinnison, Deby Fredericks, Trish Henry, Jess Lucht, J Randal MacKay 2132 Thursday 11:00am 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Frog Jones 2135 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Erin Lale Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2138 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Scott Edelman Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2141 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Stanley Schmidt Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2144 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 202C Basic Embroidery Workshop Learn several basic embroidery stitches and which historical periods they were used. Practice materials will be provided. Open to All 10 and up. Klarissa Davis 44 THURSDAY

2147 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 206BCD Bubble Blowing Who can blow the biggest bubble? Bob Kanefsky 2150 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 207 Cool Movie Preview Stuf of the Trailer Park Kind! Come see what cool stuff is coming to the movies! Keith and Alan will be showing an hour of trailers to upcoming movies and TV shows—all fun, all exciting, all family-friendly! (Includ- ing stuff we won’t be showing the adults. Shhh!) Keith Johnson (m), Alan Halfhill 2153 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 300C Future Pharma How will biotechnology and genome research revolutionize pharmaceuticals? How can biotech be better integrated into fiction? Tis panel will help provide an understanding of the diversity of contemporary and theoretical pharmaceuticals and how biotechnological breakthroughs can help move a plot along. Heather Rose Jones (m), Peter Charron, Barry Gold 2156 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 300D East Asian Costume/Clothing Historical and modern variations of Japan, Korea, and China clothing and costumes. April Faires (m), Alicia Faires 2159 Thursday 11:00am 30min CC 301 Reading—Shanna Swendson 2162 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 302AB Pluto in Your Rear-View Mirror: News from the New Horizons Mission Pluto has always been the planet...errhhh...dwarf planet of mystery. On July 14, the New Horizons spacecraft whizzed past Pluto and its satellites 9 years after blasting off from Earth. Find out what science has learned in 2015 about the worlds on the solar system’s frontier, and where the New Horizons will jour- ney next. Tis panel will open with a presentation on the New Horizons spacecraft mission by Bill Higgins and will include a discussion among the panelists. Bill Higgins (m), Alan Boyle, Tony Lewis, Guy Consolmagno, David Clements 2165 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 303A Stories from Around the Water Cooler: Tales Editors and Writers Tell What are some of the weirdest interactions you’ve had with a writer as an editor? What are some of the oddest changes an editor has asked for your work? Jennifer L. Carson (m), Cynthia Felice, Lezli Robyn, Zaza Koshkadze, Patricia Briggs 2168 Thursday 11:00am 30min CC 303B Reading—Mark Oshiro 2171 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC 401C Unseen University—A World Within the Discworld Imagine a world of wizards that’s a combination of Oxbridge, MIT, and a kiddy’s pool. Add in excellent good dinners, design elements by a man named Bloody Stupid Johnson, a librarian with some unique abilities, and magic books that eat under- grads, and we begin to understand why Wizards no longer rule the world. Just as well, really. Charlotte Lewis Brown, Sharon King, Richard Stephens, Fran Wilde, Tom Whitmore 2174 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111A The Art of John Picacio John Picacio is one of the most acclaimed American artists in science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing over the last decade. He illustrated the best-selling, Chesley Award-winning 2012 George R. R. Martin A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar, and has created iconic cover art for books by Michael Moorcock, Dan Simmons, Mark Chadbourn, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Jeffrey Ford and more, as well as the Star Trek and X-Men franchises. Winner of the 2012 and 2013 Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist, his accolades include the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, two International Horror Guild Awards, and seven Chesley Awards. Come to this fascinating presentation by THURSDAY 45

the artist himself reviewing his game-changing work and take a sneak peek at future projects! John Picacio 2177 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111B Steampunk, Colonialism & Imperialism Steampunk was inspired by a time in history when colonialism and imperialism were at their apex. As a world becomes more technological, will colonialism and imperialism always decline? Charles Stross (m), Arthur Chu, Warren Frey, Leigh Ann Hildebrand, Beth Cato 2180 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111C Not Always Far Apart: The Mainstream Intersection with SF It used to be that science fiction was considered the outlier. Now, it seems to be part of the mainstream. Is this good for science fiction? Is science fiction still a long ways aways from main- stream topics? Gary K. Wolfe (m), Rich Horton, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Robert Silverberg, Rick Wilber 2183 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC Conference Theater 110 Self-publishing—How To Do It Once your book is written, what next? Successful self-published authors explain how to go from manuscript to completed book, or ebook. (Tis panel discusses the sources, processes and pro- cedures. Marketing and promotion are covered in a separate panel.) Stu Segal (m), Doug Farren, Nick Mamatas, Linda Nagata, H.M. Jones 2186 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC Hall A—Art Show Tour Guided Tour of the Art Show—John Hertz Look through the Art Show with one of our perceptive, articu- late tour leaders. Talking about art is itself an art. John Hertz 2189 Thursday 11:00am 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Cassandra Rose Clarke, Jefrey Cook, Edward M. Lerner, Kaye Thornbrugh, Gwen Whiting 2192 Thursday 11:30am 30min CC 301 Reading—Caren Gussof 2195 Thursday 11:30am 30min CC 303B Reading—Taiyo Fujii 2198 Thursday 11:40am 5min CC 205 Logan Must Make Star Wars—PG-13 Fan Film—USA Director: Nathan Blackwell Logan is thrown back to the year 1974, where he accidentally kills George Lucas. Now, to ensure that the greatest sci-fi tril- ogy is made, he must impersonate Lucas and make Star Wars himself. 2201 Thursday 11:45am 12min CC 205 The Forgotten Rabbit—PG-13 Documentary—USA Director: Clara Maria Diez Before Mickey there was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. During Walt Disney’s early career in animation, he created and animated a cartoon rabbit for Universal Studios. But when Walt lost the rights to Oswald, he replaced him with Mickey Mouse, and the most beloved cartoon character of the 20’s was lost and forgot- ten in time. 2204 Thursday 12:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Stories of the Spokane Tribe Jim Seyler, Education Specialist from the Spokane Tribe, shares some of the popular stories of the Spokane people. His stories include “How Coyote Created the Spokane Falls”, “How the Sun Disk Came to Spokane”, and “Coyote, the Flood, and the Salmon”, just to name a few. James “Jimbo” Seyler 2207 Thursday 12:00pm 1hr DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Producing Recordings on the Cheap Whether you’re making a CD or music to upload, the technology exists where you can do it at home for little to no money. Our 46 THURSDAY

panelists discuss how to record music at home without spending your life savings. Lynn Gold (m), Alexander James Adams, Tom Smith 2210 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—John Pitts Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2213 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Gregg Castro Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2216 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Tony Daniel Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2219 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—P.C. Hodgell Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2222 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 202C Franken Patterning How to combine different patterns pieces to get the costume or garment look that you truly want. Examples will be available for close examination. Open to All Teresa Halbert 2225 Thursday 12:00pm 1hr 34min CC 205 The Green Girl—PG-13 Documentary—USA A feature-length documentary about Star Trek’s iconic original Green Girl, Susan Oliver: Prolific actress of the ’50s—’80s, orig- inal member of the American Film Institute’s Directing Work- shop for Women, record-setting female aviator; tragically taken by cancer in 1990. With over 120 major acting credits in film and television, Susan Oliver was literally a household name in the 1960’s. She set a number of world records as a pilot and was one of the only women directing major TV shows in the 1980’s. And yet many people don’t even remember her name today. It’s time to remember Susan Oliver. 2228 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 206A Makeup Answers Have some questions about makeup and how to apply it? Which product gives the best results for what you want? Come find out the answers to your makeup questions. Joy Bragg-Staudt, Janine Wardale 2231 Thursday 12:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes for Lunch Don’t forget—your kids need lunch, too! 2234 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 300C Model Airplanes or Monsters? Unmanned aerial vehicles (aka drones) are taking to the skies in increasing numbers. What are the benefits and risks? Where does the government stand on drone regulation and where should it stand? Jordin T. Kare, G. David Nordley 2237 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 300D Australian Aboriginals, the First Astronomers? Aboriginal astronomy might date back tens of thousands of years. Hear about the sacred Emu in the Milky way, horizon calendars and the ancient myths about constellations from the oldest continuous culture on the planet, the Australian Aboriginals. James C. Glass 2240 Thursday 12:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Susan Bolich 2243 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 302AB Illustration Techniques Artists discuss current popular illustration techniques. Rob Carlos (m), Alan F. Beck, Vandy Hall, Elizabeth Leggett THURSDAY 47

2246 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 303A The Game Designer’s Toolbox What resources should an aspiring boardgame or roleplaying game designer have at hand? What are the best physical compo- nents to help a game make the translation from unrealized idea to fully-playable creation? Alan Stewart (m), Ken Burnside, W. A. Hawkes-Robinson, John Welker, Ari Goldstein 2249 Thursday 12:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Stefan Rudnicki 2252 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC 401C Classics of Science Fiction Discussion: R. A. Laferty—Past Master (1968) Sasquan is the Worldcon in Lafferty’s centennial year. Past Mas- ter has been praised for comedy, protest, strange perspectives. Get it at a library, a used-book shop, or Amazon.com. Can’t read it in time? You’re still welcome. John Hertz (m) 2255 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Terry Pratchett Memorial Come share your favorite Terry story, or a short bit of the fun- niest Discworld excerpt you can find. Terry will always be able to make us laugh; after being encumbered with Alzheimer’s for eight years, let’s give him the warm send-off he so well deserves. Tom Whitmore (m), Denise Connell, Deb Geisler, Anne Hoppe 2258 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B When to Get An Agent Agents and writers discuss when to get an agent, how to approach an agent, and how an agent can work with you to develop your writing career. Ginjer Buchanan (m), John Berlyne, Kurt Busiek, Devon Monk, Jason Hough 2261 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Female Characters in Video Games How are female characters rendered and scripted in video games? How can we get more realistic female characters rather than the juvenile male fantasy that predominates the field? Andrea G. Stewart (m), Tanglwyst de Holloway, Annalee Flower Horne, Lauren Roy 2264 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC Conference Theater 110 Ditch Diggers Podcast Recording Mur Lafferty, Matt Wallace 2267 Thursday 12:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Diana Pharaoh Francis, Nancy Kress, Megan E. O’Keefe, James Van Pelt 2270 Thursday 12:00pm 10hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Opens Guinan’s Place: Cabaret, Watering Hole & Bar features music and other events during Worldcon. You are welcome to sit in the lounge when the bar is not open. You may purchase food in the Hall D snack bar and bring it into the lounge when Hall C is open. “Last call” is a half hour before the bar closes. 2273 Thursday 12:05pm 1hr 20min CC 203 Alien Worlds: “The ISA Conspiracy” (1979) A thousand-year-old crystal gargoyle found on the Moon appears to be the last artifact of a dead alien race. Unfortunately, neither the aliens nor the artifact are entirely dead. Presented courtesy of Alien Worlds (alienworlds.com). 2276 Thursday 12:30pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Phil Foglio 2279 Thursday 12:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Mary Soon Lee 2282 Thursday 12:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Lawrence M. Schoen 2285 Thursday 1:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Ambushes and Counterambushes for Sto- rytellers and Gamemasters Learn from subject matter expert, SFC Clay Cooper, Infantry Platoon Sergeant, (US Army Retired) how ambushes and coun- terambushes are conducted. An ambush is a surprise attack upon a moving or temporarily halted enemy by a force lying 48 THURSDAY

in wait. It is usually a brief encounter and does not require the capture and holding of ground. A counter-ambush is the action using techniques, tactics, and procedures to counter the effects of an enemy ambush. Clay Cooper 2288 Thursday 1:00pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Kaja Foglio 2291 Thursday 1:00pm 3hr CC 201B Writers Workshop section 11 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Edward Muller (m), Elizabeth Anne Hull, Patricia MacEwen 2294 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Book View Cafe—Vonda N. McIntyre, Jefrey A. Carver, Brenda Clough, Nancy Jane Moore, Patricia Nagle, Madeleine Robins Limited to 16, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2297 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—E. C. Ambrose Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2300 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2303 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 206A Prop Making: 3D Printing Design How to design something for a 3D printer, so it will look and work like you intended. Matthew Dockrey 2306 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 300B Anatomy of a Pandemic Pandemics make frequent appearances in SF. But do what we read in books or see on the screen anything like real pandemics? Te world just experienced the Ebola pandemic. Te panel will discuss how real pandemics are likely to play out, and how that compares with their depiction in fiction. Sam Scheiner (m), Dominick D'Aunno, Gregory Gadow, Perrianne Lurie 2309 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 300C You Like That on Doctor Who? But How Could You Not Like This? Tink “Te Rings of Akhaten” is better than it gets credit for? Or that “Te Caves of Androzoni” is overrated? What episodes of Doctor Who do you like that few others do and why? Which always rank near the top of fan polls but you just don’t like? And which are nearly forgotten (and should be)? Jim Mann (m), Warren Frey, Steven Schapansky, Martha Wells, Charlie Reeves 2312 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 300D Spreading Geek Culture Across Europe...Mark & Megan Mark Oshiro brought his brand of fannish activity across Europe this summer, accompanied by his “girl Friday” Megan Frank. Mark Oshiro, Megan Frank 2315 Thursday 1:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Nick Kanas 2318 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 302AB What The Heck Is a “Fan” Artist These Days? What does a fan artist do these days? Other than not getting paid very often for the work that they do, how is it different from being a professional artist? Brad Foster (m), Teddy Harvia, Elizabeth Leggett, Julie McGalliard 2321 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 303A What Just Happened at the Business Meeting? Te WSFS Business Meeting can be intimidating to those who have never participated in it. Tis panel will go into the technical THURSDAY 49

details about what happened at this morning’s Business Meet- ing, with an emphasis on the technical parliamentary rules, not the substance of those proposals. Tis may include instruction in how parliamentary procedure works. Jared Dashoff, Donald Eastlake, Jesi Pershing, Kevin Standlee, Linda Deneroff 2324 Thursday 1:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Carol Berg 2327 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC 401C Klingon Language Workshop Klingon is not just in Star Trek shows and movies. It is an actual structured language recognized by some universities. Some take a brief tour of this language. Lawrence M. Schoen 2330 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A From Starship Troopers to Honor Harrington and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of Military SF Military SF has had its heyday. Is the topic done? Where do we go from here? Greg Bear (m), William Dietz, Linda Nagata, Toni Weisskopf 2333 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B What’s New in Astronomy What are the latest astronomical discoveries? What are the upcoming events in the exploration of the solar system? Find out what is happening out there and what we are doing about it. David Clements (m), Mark L. Olson, Bill Higgins, April Faires, Bobbie Benton Hull 2336 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Understanding the Science Behind Computers We’re so used to computers that we don’t tend to think about the science behind the machines. A discussion of the technical aspects of computers under the hood, and how to extrapolate about computers in fiction. Fred Moulton (m), Aliette de Bodard, Ramez Naam 2339 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Joe Haldeman, Jeanine Hennig, Heather Rose Jones, Laurey Patten, Courtney Schafer, Sarah Stever 2342 Thursday 1:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Fanzine Lounge A Look Back at Fan Writer Susan Wood Learn about the award-winning fan writer from the ‘70s who died way too young Tom Becker 2345 Thursday 1:00pm 30min CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: What’s Up Spokane? Find out what to see and do in Spokane. Get great tips and share your own. Kathy McCracken 2348 Thursday 1:00pm 1hr 15min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B David Gerrold Guest Interview David Gerrold is interviewed by former Worldcon chair Vincent Docherty. Vincent Docherty (m), David Gerrold 2351 Thursday 1:25pm 25min CC 203 Crisis: “The Vilkman Theory” (1974) An academic and a journalist travel to a remote town in the hope of confronting a werewolf, but what they find is not quite what they expect. Presented courtesy of Jim French Productions (jimfrenchproduc- tions.com). 2354 Thursday 1:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Alan P. Smale 2357 Thursday 1:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—David D. Levine 2360 Thursday 1:35pm 24min CC 205 Flesh Computer—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Ethan Shaftel A weary handyman does his best to maintain a decaying build- ing in a ruined city, but when scavengers attack his cybernetic pet project, the line between human and machine becomes blurred. 50 THURSDAY

2363 Thursday 1:55pm 1hr 30min CC 203 Brad Lansky and the 4D-Verse (2012) Explorer Brad Lansky travels to a deserted planet searching for his disappeared AI friend. Tere, he finds a cache of alien artifacts, and trouble coming at him from an entirely new direc- tion... one that exists only in the 4th dimension. Presented courtesy of Protophonic (protophonic.net). 2366 Thursday 2:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Man Tracking for Storytellers and Game- masters Learn from Sergeant First Class Clay Cooper (Infantry Platoon Sergeant, US Army Retired), how to track individuals using different techniques. A sandbox demonstration will be used for actual on hands practice by SFC Cooper. Tis is a great opportunity to learn from a subject matter expect how it is done, in order to better enhance your stories and game sessions. Clay Cooper 2369 Thursday 2:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Brandon Sanderson 2372 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Linda Nagata Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2375 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—John Picacio Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2378 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Rick Wilber Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2381 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Lawrence M. Schoen Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2384 Thursday 2:00pm 1hr 15min CC 202C Fancy Hair Braiding Workshop Want to learn how to do some of those wonderful braids? Come learn how to do them and try them yourself. Braids covered are selected by the audience which can include rope, four-strand or “round” braids, or advanced techniques like five- and sev- en-strand braids. Open to All 10 and up. Workshop Limit: 12 John Wardale 2387 Thursday 2:00pm 15min CC 205 Frontier—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Stephen Parkhurst A journalist travels deep into the north woods to investigate a mysterious government facility that’s being built there. She interviews a local conspiracy theorist who’s convinced the facil- ity is a front for a sinister secret project. Te man appears crazy, until some compelling evidence begins to surface. 2390 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 206A Basic Dyeing Techniques Besides tie dye, what else is out there? What is ombre dyeing? Just how different do two different dye techniques look, even when the same color is used? Samples wil be available for close inspection. Carole I. Parker (m), Torrey Stenmark, Richard Stephens 2393 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 206BCD Terry Pratchett for Kids What makes Discworld so appealing to you? Shanna Swendson, Valerie Estelle Frankel 2396 Thursday 2:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Re-Opens THURSDAY 51

2399 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 207 Kids’ Concert Guest Concert Tom Smith 2402 Thursday 2:00pm 2hr CC 300A Nanny Ogg Knees Up!—A Discworld Dance Come trip the light fantastic with the witches, wizards (or Wiz- zards), watchmen, and other citizens of Discworld. Enjoy a lively afternoon of dancing* inspired by the country festivals of Lan- cre. Dance instructor Susan Dankovich will guide you through steps based on English country dancing. Discworld-related attire is admired but not required—comfortable clothes and smooth-soled shoes** will suffice. Appropriate for all ages, no partners required. (*To reassure those of a nervous disposition, we will not be doing the Stick and Bucket Dance. **In case of sudden hedgehogs.) 2405 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 300C Feedback Session Let us know what you’ve liked about Sasquan and what you think we might be able to fix. Glenn Glazer, Pierre Pettinger Jr, Sally Woehrle, Mike Willmoth 2408 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 300D Vesta and the Chaotic Formation of Planets Te recent Dawn mission was sent to Vesta to inspect, close up, an intact protoplanet from the origin of the solar system. Except... Vesta’s overall density is too low, and its core and crust too big, to fit anything like what we expect an intact protoplanet to look like. Was it ripped apart and re-assembled? It looks like Vesta is giving us new clues to planet formation and evolution in a violent early solar system. Guy Consolmagno 2411 Thursday 2:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Nina Horvath 2414 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 302AB What Makes an Efective Cover Image? Of course you can judge a book by its cover. Tat’s why we have cover artists! Tey aim to catch our eye amidst the cacophony of other titles on the bookrack, and they can make us step aside and shudder when done oh-so-poorly! But how do they attract our attention and convey the message when the title is ambiguous? When the author is an unknown? When it is a well-known series with recognizable characters? Learn some of the issues and chal- lenges that face our interdisciplinary panelists as they beguile us into opening the book and reading that first sentence... Mark J. Ferrari (m), Annie Bellet, Stephen Segal, Karen Haber, Lee Moyer 2417 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 303A PG-13: Violence, Sex, and Teen Readers When writing for teens or choosing books for young adults to read, is there a PG-13 line that needs to be drawn? Is there more violence, sex, and alchohol in young adult books today or have we just become more aware of it? And what the f’ing language kids are using in books? How does a writer address difficult or sensitive topics without going too far? Panelists discuss the dan- ger zones within young adult fiction. Darlene Marshall (m), Wesley Chu, Fonda Lee, Jenn Reese, Alaina Ewing 2420 Thursday 2:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Lou Antonelli 2423 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC 401C Impostor Syndrome Impostor Syndrome has been defined as “the feeling that you aren’t actually qualified for the work you are doing and will be discovered as a fraud.” Many women, PoC, and other people from marginalized groups deal with this feeling, especially when they’ve “been socialised to value others’ opinions of their work above their own.” Tis workshop, based on exercises devel- oped by Ada Initiative advisers and others, is aimed at helping convention-goers overcome Impostor Syndrome. Crystal Huff 52 THURSDAY

2426 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Prototyping the Future Trina Marie Phillips 2429 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Reading—Connie Willis 2432 Thursday 2:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Dave Bara, Beth Cato, Daryl Gregory, Stefan Rudnicki, Jef Sturgeon 2435 Thursday 2:15pm 24min CC 205 M-Theory—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: TL Westgate In the near future, two scientists use m-theory (the physics theory that unifies all current.superstring theories) to create a scientific breakthrough. But their first test starts a catastrophic chain of events, and only a lone messenger can help them avoid destroying the world. 2438 Thursday 2:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Todd McCafrey 2441 Thursday 2:30pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Lynn Gold Lynn is a singer-songwriter who lives in the San Francisco Bay area whose songs run the gamut from absurd to zany. Many of her songs have computerized orchestrated backup. 2444 Thursday 2:30pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Belly Dance Lesson Learn to belly dance Jeanine Hennig 2447 Thursday 2:40pm 20min CC 205 The Fischer Case—PG-13 SF&F—Canada Director: Etienne Gravrand As Carl Fischer finds himself the object of pointed fingers, a mys- terious star witness diffuses an eerie feeling suggesting Carl’s guilt. Interrogator, psychiatrist and lawyer are all immersed and push Carl for a confession. Te more he defends himself—fruit- lessly—the quicker he realizes that he and his interviewees are not in the same state of mind. 2450 Thursday 3:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Developing A Realistic, Viable Economy for your World Join L.E. Modesitt Jr. and Robert McDonell for a presentation, followed by Q&A, on how to create a dynamic economy for your story or game world. Tis presentation will delve into the oft overlooked and missed elements of an economy spanning the range of modern economies to long forgotten empires. Famed author L.E. Modesitt Jr. will present on the aspects of economics from a story writer’s perspective, while Robert McDonell will present on the aspects of economics for the gamemaster. Robert McDonell, L. E. Modesitt Jr. 2453 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Mark Oshiro Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2456 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Aliette de Bodard Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2459 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Eric Flint Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2462 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Janet Freeman-Daily Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2465 Thursday 3:00pm 24min CC 205 Mosaic 33—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Robert W. Filion & S. Brent Bowers THURSDAY 53

Dr. Sarah Alexander has lived in anonymity, waging a losing battle with the demons of her past. In an attempt to keep her sanity, she decides to reveal the horrifying secrets of Mosaic 33. 2468 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 206A Belly Dance Costuming Have a belly dance costume that you would like to remake? Refurbish? Want to make a new costume? Tings to consider before you make the first cut from someone who has been refur- bishing and making costumes for more than 40 years. Kathy Sanders 2471 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 206BCD Light Sabers Make your own light saber James Bacon 2474 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 207 Improv Acting Improv with the best Catherynne M. Valente, Heath B. Miller 2477 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 300C Medieval Science and Engineering We often think of the Middle Ages as a time of science stagna- tion. However, much was going on in Europe and elsewhere in the development of science and engineering. A panel of scien- tists, engineers and historians will discuss what was happening in those long-past days. Bradford Lyau (m), Guy Consolmagno, Ada Palmer, Jo Walton, Eric Swedin 2480 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 300D ICG Archives Te International Costumers Guild (ICG) has an archive with photographs and videos of past costumes and masquerade entries. Come find out how you can view and add to this cos- tuming resource. Pierre Pettinger Jr (m) 2483 Thursday 3:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Rory Miller 2486 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 302AB Steampunk: Aesthetics vs. Content Steampunk is known for being pretty, but what about real content? Is it that dramatically different from other genres? Or are most steampunk stories like one genre with a veneer of steampunk? David D. Levine (m), Matthew Dockrey, Sarina Dorie, Grá Linnaea 2489 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 303A Worldbuilding And Sandbox Games Fantasy games such as Skyrim and Dragon Age: Inquisition, along with science fiction games such as Elite: Dangerous and Great Big Sky, provide an enormous open-world sandbox for players to explore. What is the draw of these games, and the challenge of designing them? What lessons can authors learn from games like these? Brooks Peck (m), Esther Jones, Lauren Roy, Andrea G. Stewart 2492 Thursday 3:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Susan Palwick 2495 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC 401C Stu Shifman Memorial Fan artist, writer and all-around great guy Stu Shiffman died 2 1/2 years after suffering a severe stroke at the age of 60. Join us to remember Stu. Ginjer Buchanan, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Andi Shechter, Joe Siclari, Linda Deneroff 2498 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Writing for TV Te good news and the bad news about what it’s like to write for television. How has it changed over the years? Is it better or worse in Canada? Is there life after cancellation? Are Webseries making an impact? Robert J. Sawyer (m), Michael Cassutt, David Gerrold, Melinda Snodgrass, Charlie Reeves 54 THURSDAY

2501 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Learning to Love the Deadline Deadlines—love ‘em or hate ‘em? Are they different depending on the length of your project? Are they different depending on whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction? Can the deadline make you a more disciplined writer? [[Aside: And why did we chose to include this panel on the very last day of scheduling?]] Gillian Redfearn (m), Frank Catalano, Patricia Briggs, E. C. Ambrose 2504 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Artists as Part of Creative Teams How can having an artist on your creative team help? What are the benefits? Any drawbacks? Amy Sterling Casil (m), Alan F. Beck, Rob Carlos, Arlin Robins 2507 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Ann Chamberlin, Laura Anne Gilman, Kay Kenyon, Mike Resnick, Shanna Swendson, Fran Wilde 2510 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Exhibits Tour Guided Tour of the Worldcon History Exhibit Learn all about the history of Worldcons and Hugo Awards. Kent Bloom, Mary Morman 2513 Thursday 3:00pm 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Reading—George R. R. Martin An excerpt from Te Winds of Winter 2516 Thursday 3:25pm 20min CC 203 The Truth: “Biological Clock” (2013)—PG-13 A couple is willing to do anything to have a child, no matter how unorthodox. Presented courtesy of Te Truth Podcast (thetruthapm.com). 2519 Thursday 3:25pm 12min CC 205 The Storm—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Andre LeBlanc A remote Arctic station is overrun by its own monstrous exper- iment, leaving the survivors no choice but to face what they’ve created. 2522 Thursday 3:30pm 1hr 15min CC 202C Basic Dyeing Techniques Workshop Come play with simple, easy to learn dye techniques that were talked about in the Basic Dyeing Techniques panel. If you like, bring nothing larger than a t-shirt, or some sample pieces (no larger than 12 inches square) of white cotton fabric. Fabric should be pre washed with NO fabric softener. Fabric softener will make it so that the dye will not take properly. Some fabric pieces will be available for experimenting. Open to All 10 and up. Workshop Limit: 40 People who missed the signups are welcome to watch if space is available. Handouts will be available. PLEASE: No food or drink in the workshop room when working with dyes. Water is available. Carole I. Parker (m), Richard Stephens, Torrey Stenmark 2525 Thursday 3:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Rick Wilber 2528 Thursday 3:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Ramez Naam 2531 Thursday 3:30pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Char MacKay Char is a performer from Spokane who has been delighting audiences all over the U.S. for years. 2534 Thursday 3:30pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Indigenous Storytelling Indigenous stories from the local area, including the Origin of Spokane Falls, How Baskets Came to Be, Story about Greed titled, “Ant and Yellow Jacket.” “Coyote and the Monster of Kamiah” (How the Tribal nations were named from the cut up body of the Monster)). Robbie Paul THURSDAY 55

2537 Thursday 3:40pm 19min CC 205 Starlight—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Andrew Salerno During a mission to colonize an alien planet, Officer Emma Fremont discovers that her crew have had their memories of Earth and their families erased. Determined to keep her own memories of her son and husband intact, Emma must fight back against her brainwashed crew. 2540 Thursday 3:55pm 1hr 25min CC 203 The Minister of Chance: Episodes 0–2 (2013)—PG-13 Kitty is an unusual girl living a mostly normal life until her country is invaded, her mentor goes into hiding, and she fol- lows a mysterious visitor through a door to another world. A star-studded cast includes Julian Wadham, Sylvester McCoy, and Paul McGann. Presented courtesy of Radio Static (radiostatic.co.uk). 2543 Thursday 4:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Homestuck Memo! Somewhere in the 9000+ pages that are Homestuck you have probably wondered “Why?” or “What!”. Or maybe a whole load of questions came to mind with every update. In this Q&A session you get to confront the characters of Homestuck with these questions. Or maybe you really just want to know what this weird Homestuck thing is all about. Either way, feel free to stop in and say “sup?”. Note: We’ll be needing more Homestucks. If you’re interested in being ON this panel as a character, let us know at the Homestuck Meetup! Emily Sandoval (m), Cisily Sandoval, Joei Sandoval 2546 Thursday 4:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Writing Diverse Characters Tere was a time when most science fiction writers were geeky white guys with military experience, so most of their charac- ters tended to be geeky, white guys with military experience... including often the aliens. What are some of the tricks to creat- ing diverse charcters? What are some better examples of fiction with diverse, well-written characters? Kameron Hurley (m), Randy Henderson, Mary Soon Lee, Grá Linnaea, Walidah Imarisha 2549 Thursday 4:00pm 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 03 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Lou Antonelli, Eric James Stone, Fonda Lee 2552 Thursday 4:00pm 3hr CC 201B Writers Workshop section 12 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Scott Edelman, Martha Wells 2555 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—William Dietz Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2558 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Mark J. Ferrari Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2561 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Craig Engler Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 56 THURSDAY

2564 Thursday 4:00pm 1hr 29min CC 205 Alongside Night SF&F Feature—USA Director: J. Neil Schulman Alongside Night is the story of the final economic collapse of the United States as seen through the eyes of 16-year-old Elliot Vreeland, searching for his missing Nobel-laureate economist father, and the mysterious teenage “Lorimer” whom Elliot meets in a black-market underground, whose own father might be the reason Elliot’s father is missing. J. Neil Schulman (m) 2567 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 206A Getting Started: Costuming Where do you find information? Resources? Who to ask? Where to look? Where can I find other people who share my interest? Te information that most newcomers to costuming want to know. Tanglwyst de Holloway (m), Leslie Johnston, Cordelia Willis 2570 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 206BCD Kamikaze Props Props for your favorite costume Torrey Stenmark 2573 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 207 Doctor Who What makes the recent series fun for you? Ronald Oakes 2576 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 300B The Art and Science of Spaceships We always hear that spaceships can be any shape or size—can they be? Brooks Peck (m), Alan Boyle, Joe Haldeman, Edward M. Lerner, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro 2579 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 300C Does SF/F Need Young Adult Magazines? Anime and computer games are a huge trend among youth world-wide, but many of these potential readers are less in tune with “printed” science fiction and fantasy. How do we tap into this community of young fans to share with them the depth and breadth of SF/F short stories? Moreover, is there a viable market for a digital or print teen magazine? What would it take to get one going? And what are the potential benefits and pitfalls of putting one together for younger readers? Join parents, teens and editors to discuss the ins and outs of a YA SF/S magazine for the next generation of fans. Deby Fredericks (m), Neil Clarke, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Jessica Rising 2582 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 300D What’s New from Baen Who and what Baen will be publishing over the next year. Toni Weisskopf, Tony Daniel 2585 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 302AB Improving Your Health & Preventing Diabetes In 1999, Leslie Turek volunteered to be a “lab rat” in a nation- wide study on diabetes prevention. She will talk about what it’s like to participate in a massive clinical research project, what we are learning from this study, and how these results could affect you and your health. She will also make a brief presentation at the panel’s opening from the Diabetes Prevention Program, Te panelists will discuss lifestyle changes they’ve been making to help prevent developing diabetes, other chronic conditions and how to improve your health. Laurie Mann (m), Stu Segal, Tom Smith, Leslie Turek, Phyllis Irene Radford 2588 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 303A Jewelry Making & Sales Jewelers talk about the many ways to make jewelry and the many ways to sell it. Te rise of online selling in the fannish art and crafter communities has brought both opportunity and setbacks for those who participate. Discussion of online sales portals including Ebay, Etsy, DeviantArt. Laurie Toby Edison (m), Vandy Hall, Arlin Robins THURSDAY 57

2591 Thursday 4:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Brenda Cooper 2594 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC 401C Violence in Speculative Fiction War, torture, combat, cruelty—are physically violent conflicts necessary for good fiction What purpose does it serve? Is it getting worse? How much is too much? Do authors set personal limits? Rory Miller (m), Carol Berg, Jack Campbell, Anaea Lay 2597 Thursday 4:00pm 2hr CC Bays 111A Fannish Inquisition—Worldcon Bid Presentations Here’s your last chance to be swayed, one way or another, by the venues, cities & committees for the 2017 Worldcon. Come lis- ten to the presentations and perhaps have a question answered. We’ll hear from our seated 2016 Worldcon (MidAmeriCon 2— Kansas City, MO) and Worldcon bidders for 2017 and beyond. Voting on the site for the 2017 Worldcon ends Friday at 6 p.m. Worldcon bid information for 2017 is linked here: http://sasquan.org/site-selection—check this information before submitting a question at the Inquisition. Dave McCarty (m), Bobbi Armbruster, Linda Deneroff 2600 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B The Changing Face of Hard Science Fiction Hard science fiction has roots that at least go back to Verne, and it’s been a major part of the field—some would argue it’s been the center of the field, or even the only real SF—since at least the 1940s. But like the rest of SF, it has evolved and change. Where is it now and where is it going? Stanley Schmidt (m), David Hartwell, Nancy Kress, Karl Schroeder 2603 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Reading—Vonda N. McIntyre 2606 Thursday 4:00pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Kathleen Sloan Kathleen Sloan is a Denver-area singer and songwriter with a delicate soprano voice and a repertoire that ranges from wistful to warped. 2609 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Molly Gloss, Frog Jones, Louise Marley, Linda Nagata, Kathryn Sullivan 2612 Thursday 4:00pm 1hr 45min CC Hall C—Fanzine Lounge Trivia Quiz Buy a drink at the bar then go to the Fan Lounge to test your SF and Fan trivia knowledge at the Fanzine Lounge Trivia Quiz. Dave O’Neil 2615 Thursday 4:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Pat Cadigan Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Pat Cadigan 2618 Thursday 4:00pm 1hr 30min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Keith and Alan’s Movie News and Previews: Trailer Park Edition! Keith & Alan’s Movie News and Previews are in Worldcon-speak called Trailer Park. But why sit through a panel of what are, essentially, commercials? Because we are so much more than that! We think movie previews should be about more than just trail- ers. Certainly, we will show a carefully-curated selection of the latest movie previews for upcoming genre films (and talk about highly-anticipated projects that are so far in the future they don’t have a preview to show – yet). But you also get movie news and rumors from Hollywood and beyond. We also highlight the latest trends, innovations, and challenges for the industry and also the wider entertainment culture: TV shows, home video, theme parks – the whole gamut! Keith Johnson (m), Alan Halfhill 2621 Thursday 4:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Catherynne Valente 2624 Thursday 4:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Kate Elliott 58 THURSDAY

2627 Thursday 4:30pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Blind Lemming Chifon Blind Lemming Chiffon is a low-key, humorous performer who plays a wide variety of instruments. 2630 Thursday 5:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Criminal/Bail Investigations for Writers Delve into the world of criminal and bail investigations with for- mer investigator Robert McDonell with a presentation, followed by Q&A. Walk away with a better understanding of the ins and outs of the complex, challenging, and diverse world of this hyper focused form of investigations. Robert McDonell 2633 Thursday 5:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Worldbuilding In the beginning...no, the panelists don’t have to go quite that far back. Tey’ll talk abut some of the factors they think ar import- ant in building a world for their fiction. What are some of the most unique places they’ve written about/read about? Gwen Whiting (m), Richard Kadrey, Kay Kenyon, Matt Wallace 2636 Thursday 5:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite D Furry Meetup Gene Armstrong 2639 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Randy Henderson Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 2642 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC 202C Fascinators Workshop Steampunkers love fascinators. Learn to use a combination of upcycled materials and fabric flowers with feathers and adorn- ments to make your own vintage style hair fascinator or flower pin. Participants will learn layering with fabric, feathers, silk flowers, and found objects. Open to All 14 and up. Limit: 20 participants Sarina Dorie 2645 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC 206A How to Judge a Masquerade What makes a good judge? What do judges need to consider? Just how hard is it to judge a masquerade? What are the judges looking for? How do they decide who wins? Why does it take so long? Suford Lewis (m), Annalee Flower Horne, Richard Stephens, Kathy Sanders 2648 Thursday 5:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes 2651 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC 300B The Future of Government We like to think that US democracy is the ultimate and best form of government. But the world has seen many different forms of government over the centuries, and even today many different forms exist around the world. What will governments in the US and other countries be like in the next 10, 50, or 200 years? How will changing technologies and world conditions (e.g., climate change) affect those forms? Are there forms of government that have been proposed that have never existed in the real world, but might? Karl Schroeder (m), Joe Haldeman, Bradford Lyau, Ada Palmer, Charles Stross 2654 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC 300C Horror/Paranormal: What’s New Found anything scary...or scary and somehow, well, romantic? A look at current paranormal writing, trends for the future and is the current spate of horror & paranormal on TV helping or hurting the genre? Nick Mamatas (m), Joshua Bilmes, Laura Anne Gilman, Christie Meierz 2657 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC 300D What’s New From Tor Who and what Tor will be publishing over the next year. Beth Meacham, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, David Hartwell THURSDAY 59

2660 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC 302AB Limited Editions, Limited Options? It’s always been arguable whether you buy art because you love it, or because it’s a good investment. Decreased printing costs and a plethora of conventions have created an expanded market for prints. Are artists who sell open editions shooting them- selves in the foot? Is it a better strategy to issue prints in limited editions only? Jeff Sturgeon (m), Jeff Fennel, Vandy Hall, Lee Moyer 2663 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC 303A Conventions of the Pacifc Northwest An overview of the science-fiction and related conventions in the Northwest—what they’re about, who runs them and why you should go. Tom Whitmore (m), Joy Bragg-Staudt, Frog Jones, J Randal MacKay, Lea Rush, Jerry Gieseke 2666 Thursday 5:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Trina Marie Phillips 2669 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC 401C 31 Flavors of Fantasy Devoured by Kids and Teens Fantasy has become a catch all category for all of the subgenres featuring “fantastic” elements from action adventure to urban and epic fantasy, romantic fantasy, and more! How many sub- generes are hout there and what elements help to define them? Does the reader’s age affect the growth or definition of a subge- nre? Join our panel of young adult and middle grade authors for a lively discussion that gives you a little taste of each subgenre as they share some of their favorite works across the fantastic spectrum that help to define the various subgenres. James Van Pelt (m), Alma Alexander, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Esther Jones, Brandon Sanderson 2672 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B We Won: How SF, Fantasy and Comics Have Taken Over TV Not very long ago it was hard to find any SF on TV, let alone good SF. But today, every night has multiple shows. Some of the most talked-about shows on TV—Game of Trones, Te Walking Dead—are genre shows, Doctor Who is a worldwide phenomenon, and even shows that started as thriller shows like Person of Interest are clearly SF. Agents of Shield, Grimm, Te Flash, Gotham, Orphan Black... the list goes on. And what about the shows that start of promising and collapsed quickly (Twelve Monkeys)? Is the zombie-takeover of TV starting to peter out? Darlene Marshall (m), David Peterson, Andrea G. Stewart, Annie Bellet 2675 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Book View Cafe, Story of an Author-owned Publishing Coop- erative Book View Cafe is a cooperative of authors who publish new books or reprint old books. Learn about the history of Book View Cafe from some of the authors involved. Is this a model for the future of publishing? Brenda Clough (m), Jeffrey A. Carver, Vonda N. McIntyre, Nancy Jane Moore, Pati Nagle 2678 Thursday 5:00pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Roberta Rogow Roberta Rogow is a New Jersey-based singer-songwriter and author. Her material ranges from very silly to very intense. 2681 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Greg Bear, Carol Berg, Caren Gussof, Debo- rah Millitello, Sharon Shinn 2684 Thursday 5:00pm 1hr 30min CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Exotic Hair Braiding Demo See and learn to do ropes, 4-strand “round” braids, classic (3-strand) French and (3- strand) Dutch (or inverted-French or underhand) as well as a Crown braid (technically a horizontal modified (3-strand) French braid) and other advanced ideas like 5 and 7-strand fingering techniques; as well as shapes like hearts, spirals and a pull up-weave. Tailored to the desires and abilities of the audience. John Wardale 60 THURSDAY

2687 Thursday 5:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Neil Clarke Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Neil Clarke 2690 Thursday 5:20pm 35min CC 203 Waiting For a Window (2008) Lullaby Island is the perfect place to wait out a storm, and some- how no one ever gets around to leaving. Presented courtesy of Final Rune Productions (finalrune.com). 2693 Thursday 5:30pm 29min CC 205 Similo—PG-17 (Nudity) SF&F—Spain/USA Director: MacGregor, Bruno Zacarias 2065. Te entire planet is hit by the effects of climate change. One of the few places that remains habitable is Antarctica. Hebe and Ciro get back together again. She is looking for love. He is searching for his own identity. 2696 Thursday 5:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Amy Sterling Casil 2699 Thursday 5:30pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Andrew Ross and Friends Andrew Ross, David Rogers, and Eleanor Stokes are a trio hail- ing from Eugene, OR. 2702 Thursday 5:55pm 2hr 55min CC 203 Space Casey (2007)—PG-13 Casey just wants to con her way out of a backwater port, but finds herself in more trouble than she could ever have imagined when she learns just whose spaceship she’s stolen. Luckily, a con artist might be exactly what the galaxy needs! Te only work ever to win both the Parsec and Gold Mark Time Awards. Mur Lafferty will be introducing this audio presentation. Presented courtesy of Christiana Ellis (christianaellis.com). Mur Lafferty 2705 Thursday 6:00pm DBT 12th Floor Childcare Closes 2708 Thursday 6:00pm 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Noragami Yato may just be a minor god now, but he’s determined to make it big and he’s got a plan. Unfortunately, things just don’t seem to be going his way. 2711 Thursday 6:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Story Slam! One mic. One minute. How will you change the ongoing story? Open call to all storytellers and bards! Come test your impro- visational fiction slamming skills at the Spocon open mic story slam! Jessica Rising (m), Shelley Martin 2714 Thursday 6:00pm 3min CC 205 Alone—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Jeremiah Kipp Based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe 2717 Thursday 6:00pm 45min CC 302AB Girl Genius: Today’s Comic Creators of the online comic, Girl Genius, share insight into why it’s such a hit, why Girl Genius is important and what it means to have a comic featuring smart, strong girls. Join Phil and Kaja Foglio, creators of Girl Genius. Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio 2720 Thursday 6:00pm 45min CC 303A Christian Fan Meetup An informal meeting of Christian members of Sasquan. All Christians are invited to stop by and join in on the discussions. Te meeting is also open to anyone else willing to come with an open mind and open heart and join in on the discussions in a respectful manner. Randy Smith, Ronald Oakes 2723 Thursday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show Closes THURSDAY 61

2726 Thursday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Artist/Author Alley Artist/Author Alley Closes 2729 Thursday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Closes 2732 Thursday 6:00pm CC Hall B—Site Selection Site Selection Closes 2735 Thursday 6:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Elizabeth Bear Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Elizabeth Bear 2738 Thursday 6:05pm 5min CC 205 Darkness Comes—PG-13 SF&F—Australia Director: John March A desperate man, a derelict farmhouse, an ever-present menace: What happens when darkness comes? 2741 Thursday 6:10pm 10min CC 205 Special—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Mikeal Burgin When their daughter is kidnapped by human traffickers, a mother and father desperately struggle against revealing an important family secret to investigators that could ultimately lead to her safe return. 2744 Thursday 6:20pm 15min CC 205 Sea Devil—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Dean C. Marcial & Brett Potter An American fisherman attempts to smuggle two Cuban immi- grants into Miami, passing them off as day laborers. While the group trawls for shrimp, a fourth person boards the boat, carry- ing a secret at the bottom of the ocean. 2747 Thursday 6:35pm 10min CC 205 The Peripheral—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: JT Seaton When a patient, Kenny, shows up at her home unexpectedly, Dr. Joanna Redding attempts to help him overcome his “irrational” phobia of the creatures that he sees in his peripheral vision. Dr. Redding uses Exposure Terapy, forcing Kenny to face his fear. Of course, the creatures that terrify Kenny are very real—and very deadly. It is a horrifying discovery that Dr. Redding uncov- ers all too late. THE PERIPHERAL stars cult actress Lynn Lowry (“Shivers”, “Te Crazies”, “Cat People”) and features old school Stop Motion Creature Effects (in the vein of Ray Harryhausen) by artist Ron Cole. 2750 Thursday 6:50pm 10min CC 205 Period Piece—PG-13 Horror—Canada Director: James McLellan On a ranch somewhere in the midwest, Renee takes a stand against fear, uncertainty, doubt and evil itself. But does she have the strength to bring back the power of love to a brutal and uncaring world? 2753 Thursday 7:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Modern Weapon Misconceptions for Game- masters and Storytellers Learn the difference between weapons and their operations as seen in movies and other theatrical presentations, and what is correct, and oh so wrong. Subject matter expert, US Army Retired, Infantry Platoon Sergeant, SFC Clay Cooper, will lay it all out for you in great detail. Walk away from this presentation knowing what you need to know as a storyteller and game master to make your games and stories that much more realistic Clay Cooper 2756 Thursday 7:00pm 1hr DBT Spokane Falls Suite D Finding Filk Filk is the music of the science fiction fan community. Tis panel 62 THURSDAY

will cover where you can find filk music and others who like to perform or listen to it outside of conventions. Cecilia A. Eng, Lee Gold, Lynn Gold, Tom Smith 2759 Thursday 7:00pm 2hr DAV Marie Antoinette Ballroom 200 Years: A Social Dance Odyssey Part 1 Join us for the ultimate crash course in social dance forms of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, taught by Nick Enge and Melissa Carvell from the Library of Dance. In this whirlwind series of classes, we’ll give you a taste of every major partner dance style from the past 200 years of social dancing. Come as you are, no experience necessary. In Part I, we’ll look at the major dance forms of the 19th century, including the waltz, galop, polka, and schottische, in preparation for the Girl Genius Ball. Nick Enge, Melissa Carvell 2762 Thursday 7:00pm 11min CC 205 Selfe—PG-13 Horror—UK Director: Geoff Harmer A woman is haunted by a strange figure in her selfie photos. 2765 Thursday 7:00pm 1hr CC 300D Chesley Awards Ceremony Art Awards given out by ASFA. Reception follows. 2768 Thursday 7:00pm 45min CC 302AB World Builders and Transformations Using a large format 4x5 film camera, Richard Man has been doing two photography portraiture projects since 2014. In this presentation, Richard will show slides from these projects and share the stories from the people photographed. World Builders are the science fiction and fantasy authors, art- ists, and other creatives whose works inspires and entertains us. Transformations: Cosplay is where cosplayers and media/genre costumers are photographed in and out of costume, to show how they “transform” from their daily appearance to become the characters they portray. Richard Man 2771 Thursday 7:00pm 45min CC 303A Attack on Titan Meetup Meetup for fans of the anime/manga “Attack on Titan” to talk about theories and other fannish topics regarding AoT. G-rated, but there will be spoilers. Led by Su Mon Han. Attack on Titan will be shown Friday night at 10:30 as part of Anime in Double- tree Grand Ballroom: Salon I. 2774 Thursday 7:00pm 45min CC 401C Role Playing Games as an Author’s Tool Te First Dragonlance novels were retellings of part of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dragonlance modules. Te Wild Cards shared universe traces its origins to super-hero RPG cam- paigns involving George R.R. Martin and his friends. Can playing and running Role Playing Games be a good place for an author to try out ideas? Should you write up your cam- paign for your next novel, or just borrow the characters? Or should authors avoid these games (or at least ignore them when writing)? Ronald Oakes (m), Jennifer Brozek, Ken Burnside, Frog Jones, Janna Silverstein 2777 Thursday 7:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Connecting Your World’s Past with Its Present Te sense of ancient history in Te Lord of the Rings and A Song of Ice and Fire is palpable and helps to make these series particu- larly rich. When you develop a speculative environment, do you build the ancient history early on, or do you write the current history and then go back to weave in elements of the past? What are some examples of where developing the past worked seam- lessly...and examples where it seemed grafted on? Julia Smith (m), Peter Charron, Patricia MacEwen, Alan Smale 2780 Thursday 7:00pm 2hr CC Breezeway/Statue Pub Crawl Visit some of the local pubs with crawl organizer Barry Geraghty and Sasquan panelist Glenn Glazer. Limited to 20, advance sign-up required. Glenn Glazer THURSDAY 63

2783 Thursday 7:00pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: New Writers Rendezvous New writer to science fiction/fantasy/horror? Drop on by and meet other new writers. 2786 Thursday 7:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—H. M. Jones Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. H.M. Jones 2789 Thursday 7:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Closes 2792 Thursday 7:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers/Accessibility Close 2795 Thursday 7:15pm 10min CC 205 Dedalo—PG-13 Horror—Portugal Director: Jeronimo Rocha Trapped inside the Space Freighter/Refinery DÉDALO, Siena tries to survive an infestation of diabolic creatures. 2798 Thursday 7:25pm 9min CC 205 Heebie-Jeebies—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Todd Slawsby After hearing a scary bedtime story, a young boy and girl become convinced they have monsters under their beds. Tey may be right... 2801 Thursday 7:35pm 20min CC 205 The Banishing—PG-17 (Nudity) Horror—Iceland Director: Erlingur Toroddsen 16-year-old Kara must go to supernatural lengths to save her sister from the violent spirit that haunts her. 2804 Thursday 8:00pm 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Mushi Shi; The Next Passage Man has forgotten how to see Mushi. Tey are creatures that are the basics of life, and dwell in the land between this one and the next. But when a mushi interacts with our world the effects can be anywhere from annoying to devastating. 2807 Thursday 8:00pm 2hr DBT Shades Conference Room Poker Chip Bardic—Thursday Tis combines the spontanaiety of chaos with the fairness of a bardic circle. Everyone is given a colored poker chip. When you want to perform or request a song, you toss your poker chip in the middle of the room. When all poker chips of one color have been tossed, folks move onto another color. Barry Gold, Lee Gold 2810 Thursday 8:00pm 1hr DBT Spokane Falls Suite D Sing Along with “Filthy Pierre” Welcome to Camp Sasquan! Let’s gather ‘round the (virtual) fire and sing! You know the tunes; we supply the music (your Head Counselor, Filthy Pierre, at the keyboard), and the words (on the big screen). We’ll sing the stories of the Outer Space Marines, Frodo Baggins, the miseries of slow elevators and bad hotel food, and of Star Trek doings we’ll never see in prime time. Erwin S. (Filthy Pierre) Strauss 2813 Thursday 8:00pm 14min CC 205 Silk—PG-17 (Nudity) Horror—USA Director: Rob Himebaugh After acquiring a jar of rare silk from the vast desert expanse of Afghanistan, a CIA field operative becomes impregnated by the desert spider hidden inside, and later gives birth to a brood of hungry spiderlings that eat her alive. 2816 Thursday 8:00pm 2hr CC 300B Match Game Get ready to match the fannish stars! In this SF/F-themed game show based on the popular 1970s game show, audience members will be randomly selected as contestants to match wits with our panel. Te object of the game is to guess how the panel answers fill-in-the-blank questions like “Captain Kirk has the biggest ___ in Starfleet.” Winners receive prizes such as gift certificates 64 THURSDAY

from Worldcon dealers, book packages, or convention member- ships. All contestants receive Lovely Parting Gifts™. Kevin Standlee (m), Scott Edelman, Tom Galloway, Leigh Ann Hildebrand, Mur Lafferty, Kevin Roche, Amy Tomson, Mary Crowell 2819 Thursday 8:00pm 45min CC 300C Genre and the Global Police State Tanks to the Five Eyes—the joint intelligence sharing treaty between the USA, UK, Australia, and others—and the total pen- etration of the internet by NSA/GCHQ monitoring, we now live in a society that is a secret policeman’s dream. Wikileaks and then Edward Snowden blew the lid off the scandalous subversion of western democracies by unaccountable secret government agencies. In past decades, SF and fantasy provided a vehicle for trenchant social and political commentary on on-going cultural changes (consider “Te Forever War” as a comment on Vietnam), but where are the genre works dealing with the global police state? William Frank (m), Annalee Flower Horne, Karl Schroeder, Charles Stross, Jim Wright 2822 Thursday 8:00pm 45min CC 302AB Space Opera Seminar Game designer, Atomic Rockets contributor and Hugo Nominee Ken Burnside discusses physics, space opera, and how they do, and do not intersect. Bring calculators, there will be questions posed to the audience. Ken Burnside 2825 Thursday 8:00pm 1hr CC Bays 111A Terry Pratchett’s Where’s My Cow? Participate in a “traditional” and very silly reading of a Pratchett favorite. All ages welcome. Denise Connell (m), Charlotte Lewis Brown, Anne Hoppe, Patty Panek, Frank Catalano 2828 Thursday 8:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Exploring Orientation and Gender in Fiction Fiction has evolved from presenting all characters born with a specific gender and sexual orientation to presenting a broad spectrum of genders and sexual orientations. What are some of the early works to explore these areas? Who are some of the best authors exploring them now? Does the gender/orientation of the author matter? Catherynne M. Valente (m), Julia Smith, Heather Rose Jones, Gregory Gadow, Ctein 2831 Thursday 8:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C SF/Fantasy Set in Washington & Environs From classics like Hal Clement’s Iceworld to Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Tompson books, Washington state has been the setting for many works of SF & fantasy. Bill Higgins (m), Helen Gbala 2834 Thursday 8:00pm 45min CC Conference Theater 110 On Beyond Ripley: Woman and Warriorship Te “Strong Female Lead” trope and surrounding controversy (we need more of them! vs. Sophia McDougal’s call for a wider variety). Dissection of gender, and our perception of warriors. Analysis of historical and SF/F figures that meet our expecta- tions, those who break them, and the impact this archetype has on our culture. Setsu Uzume (m), Carol Berg, Kamila Miller, E. C. Blake, Christie Meierz 2837 Thursday 8:00pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: SF Story Slam or Doctor Whose Line Is It Anyway? It’s everyone’s favorite improv storytelling game—plus cyborgs, wizards and time travelers! Te audience calls out clever words and scenarios, then Geek Wisdom author Stephen H. Segal gives you three minutes to use them to write anything—a scene, a poem, an incantation. Everyone reads their pieces aloud, and audience applause will choose winners to receive prizes. Stephen Segal, Jeff Sturgeon 2840 Thursday 8:15pm 14min CC 205 Peacekeepers—PG-13 SF&F web series—USA Director: Charlie Reeves THURSDAY 65

A group of assistants in New York City get texts about grisly accidents to be prevented before they occur—Car crashes; lion pit mishaps, jumpers on the Queensboro bridge, etc etc. It’s a tough job, but what would YOU do if you got texts from God? 2843 Thursday 8:30pm 1hr 30min CC 205 Australiens—PG-13 Horror Feature—Australia Director: Joe Bauer At the age of 10, Australian-born Andi Gibson had what she describes as a close encounter with a flying saucer. Naturally, everyone assumed she was bonkers. Tat is until one notable eve- ning, 17 years later, when an airborne extra-terrestrial armada launches a nation-wide assault on Andi’s home country and at the same time, for unspecified reasons, kidnaps her mother. To add to the debacle, it seems the other nations of the world are far too insulted by their exclusion from the attack to come to Australia’s aid. Now it’s up to Andi, her hypochondriac brother Elliot, retired boxer cousin Keith and documentary filmmaker friend Cam to stop the attack and rescue Andi’s mum. Enlisting the help of Andi’s equal-parts mysterious and cringe-worthy father, the gang must battle car-chasing spaceships, martial arts aliens, giant killer robots and, perhaps most frighteningly, a del- uge of family secrets in their fight to save Australia. Bloody hell, this is gonna be a long night. 2846 Thursday 8:30pm 1hr 30min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B God Is an Iron: a play adapted from the story by Spider Robinson Come see Spider Robinson’s classic short story, “God is an Iron,” performed on stage by the Black Box Productions theatre com- pany. Note that this story has some disturbing elements to it and it is not for children. Tere will be a list of local support services in the back of the program book. Elizabeth Cano, Bruce J. Lambie, Tali Brady, Gordon Watts 2849 Thursday 9:00pm 3hr DAV Marie Antoinette Ballroom Girl Genius Ball Join Professors Phil and Kaja Foglio of Transylvania Polygnos- tic University as they host a Grand Ball featuring adventure, romance, and MAD SCIENCE, with gaslamp fantasy dancing in classic Europan style. Victorian, Gaslamp, Steampunk, or modern evening dress is admired, but not required. Come with or without a partner or experience – all dances will be taught and called, and frequent partner changing is encouraged in the spirit of true scientific inquiry. Nick Enge (m), Melissa Carvell (m), Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio 2852 Thursday 9:00pm 45min CC 300C Trivia for Chocolate If you answer the trivia question correctly or in an amusing fashion, you get a chocolate as a reward. Lots of giggles and laughter ensue. Jim Mann, Mark L. Olson, Steven Silver, Priscilla Olson 2855 Thursday 9:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A The Work of Being a Writer Writers write, but there’s more to being a writer than writing. Come learn how to work with editors, agents, other writers, marketers, and fans. Can writers’ groups and social media make you or break you? Learn about all the work involved in being a writer and some strategies for success. Randy Henderson (m), Brenda Cooper, Bryan Tomas Schmidt, Susan Palwick 2858 Thursday 9:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B The Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Le Guin is one of the giants of the field, whose works include pivotal SF and fantasy works. Te panel discusses the works and influence of Ursula Le Guin. Sarah Pinsker, Gary K. Wolfe, M. J. Locke 2861 Thursday 9:00pm 45min CC Conference Theater 110 Space Medicine Beyond low gravity (check “Adapting the Human Body for Low Gravity” on Friday afternoon), what are some of the other issues astronauts and future space colonists need to plan for to stay healthy in space? Will we take special meds to just ride a station- ary bike for millions of miles? What about the impact of radia- 66 THURSDAY

tion? Eating pre-packaged foods for years at a time? What are some of the unique problems of practicing medicine in space? Dominick D'Aunno, Nick Kanas 2864 Thursday 10:00pm CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Closes 2867 Thursday 10:00pm CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Closes 2870 Thursday 10:00pm 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B God Is an Iron Q&A God Is an Iron is a very thought-provoking play. What did you think about it? Elizabeth Cano, Bruce J. Lambie, Tali Brady, Gordon Watts 2873 Thursday 10:30pm 2hr 30min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Tokyo Ghoul Adult content. Society lives in fear of ghouls: mysterious crea- tures who look exactly like humans—yet hunger insatiably for their flesh. None of this matters to Kaneki, until a dark and vio- lent encounter turns him into the first ever Ghoul-human half breed. FRIDAY 67 Highlights t
WSFS Business Meeting (Main Session) 10am, 300B t
Silverberg—Martin Dialog 11am, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B t
Leslie Turek Guest Interview 1pm, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B t
Autographing—Guests—Brad Foster, David Gerrold, Jean Johnson, Vonda N. McIntyre, Tom Smith, Leslie Turek 3pm, Hall B t
Masquerade, Featuring Tom Smith Guest Concert 8pm, INB Performing Arts Center

3003 Friday 12:00am 24hr DBT 15th foor—Presidental Suite Con Suite—The Tempus Fugit Cafe Remains Open Te Con Suite is open for members to stop up and have a snack. 3006 Friday 1:00am 3hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Parasyte Adult content. Parasites—alien creatures who must take control of a human host to survive. No one knows their secret except high school student, Shinichi Izumi, who’s right hand has been invaded by an alien parasite. 3009 Friday 4:00am 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I 07Ghost Adult content. Teased unmercifully for his past as an orphan and a slave, Teito has only his best friend Mikage and his mastery of the magical art of Zaiphon to ease his days, until he becomes the target of a military man hunt. 3012 Friday 9:00am 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Writers’ Pitch Session I: Literary Agents 1 Have a manuscript you’re dying to shop? Tired of all the rejec- tion emails? Well, get your synopsis ready because here’s your chance to sit and talk one-on-one for ten minutes with an agent from a major literary agency! Tere are a limited number of ses- sions, so be sure to register asap! To register: send an email to Jessica Rising at jessiswrittenword@ yahoo.com with the subject line: Sasquan Agents Pitch. Include a one-page synopsys of your pitched work, and the first page of body as a word or pdf attachment. Registration is first come, first served, and you will be paired with an agent of our choice according to your writing sample & the agent’s needs. Note: Participation in a pitch session does NOT guarantee a con- tract with an agent. Agents participating in these pitch sessions are not contractually or otherwise obligated to sign any authors with whom they meet. Jessica Rising (m), John Berlyne, Joshua Bilmes, Sam Morgan 3015 Friday 9:00am 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Friends of Bill W. Meetup Meetup for people in recovery 3018 Friday 9:00am 45min CC Breezeway/Statue Stroll with the Stars A gentle morning stroll with some of your favorite authors, art- ists and editors. Meeting each morning at 9AM in the Breeze- way between the INB Teater and the Convention Center (check your map), and returning in time for 10AM programming. Stu Segal (m), Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, Scott Edelman, Brad Foster, Leslie Turek, Catherynne M. Valente 3021 Friday 9:00am 10hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Opens At-the-door and pre-registered attendees can pick up their badges. Bring along a photo ID to pick up your badge if you’ve preregistered for the con. 3024 Friday 9:00am 10hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers/Accessibility Open Have a question about Sasquan or Spokane? Need to sign up for an item requiring advance sign-up? Willing to give the con- vention a hand? Need help with accessibility issues? Stop by the Information Booth and ask. 68 FRIDAY

3027 Friday 9:30am 14hr 20min DBT 12th Floor Childcare Opens Your child(ren) must be registered with the convention through Registration in Hall D of the Convention Center (whether with Child/Family memberships or as Kids- in Tow) before they can be booked into the KiddieCorp service on the 12th floor of the Doubletree. Depending on the type of membership your child has, there may be a fee for Childcare. Note that Childcare closes at midnight tonight. No child may spend longer than 10 hours per day in Childcare. To sign up for Childcare, go to https:// www.kiddiecorp.com/sasquankids.htm 3030 Friday 10:00am 3hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Gay Purree and Chuck Jones Cartoons Chuck Jones Cartoons Feature Film—Gay Purree (1962) Mouser Jaune Tom and house cat Mewsette are living in the French countryside, but Mewsette wants to experience the refinement and excitement of the Paris living. But upon arrival she falls into the clutches of Meowrice. Jaune Tom and his friend Robespierre set off to Paris to find her. 3033 Friday 10:00am 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Rayce Bird—The Mind of a Creator Rayce, is a Creator. He is many things, and has many talents, but he sums it all up by calling himself a Creator. Join the winner of the second seaon of SyFy’s Face/Off as he discusses his work, and what gives him his edge in the highly competitive makeup fx industry Rayce Bird 3036 Friday 10:00am 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Women, Witches, and Monsters Come join local Professors Monca Stenzel and Tim Greenup (History and Literature, respectively) as they present on the fascinating lore relative to the aforementioned in graphic novels and super heroes over time. Tis is certain to be an in depth, and eye opening presentation on material that could be immensely informative and helpful to aspiring and advanced writers / authors alike. Monica Stenzel, Tim Greenup 3039 Friday 10:00am 1hr DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Yoga Yoga exercises led by Mary Crowell, who is a certified yoga instructor. Mary Crowell 3042 Friday 10:00am 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 04 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Edward Muller (m), Randy Henderson, M. J. Locke 3045 Friday 10:00am 3hr CC 201B Writers Workshop section 13 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Bud Sparhawk, Toni Weisskopf, Cat Rambo 3048 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Christie Meierz Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3051 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Alma Alexander Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3054 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Richard Stephens Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. FRIDAY 69

3057 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 202C Steampunk Jewelry Workshop Steampunk up your costume with a steampunk necklace. Tis workshop includes an introduction to wire wrapping and exam- ples of other ways to keep jewelry together. Participants, please bring needle nose pliers/jewelry tools if you have them plus any adornments and upcycled parts you wish to include. LIMITED tools and supplies available. Open to All 14 and up. Workshop limit: 20 people Joy Bragg-Staudt, Sarina Dorie 3060 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 203 The Firesign Theatre: Everything You Know Is Wrong (1975) New Age guru Harry Cox intends to explain the underlying reality of the world, but a number of curious events intervene. Founding Firesign Teatre member David Ossman introduces an audio performance of the group’s best-selling comedy album. He will have a Q&A at approximately 11:45am in room 205 fol- lowing a showing of the film version. Presented courtesy of Te Firesign Teatre (firesigntheatre.com) and Otherworld Media (otherworldmedia.com). David Ossman 3063 Friday 10:00am 9min CC 205 Arroz Y Fosforos—G Animation—Argentina Director: Javier Beltramino Grief dwells within an old man in overwhelming solitude. His wife’s death and the pragmatic indifference of his son and daugh- ter behold the elderly figure clinging onto a long used suitcase, custodian of his egotist ambitions. But something startling will shake his bitter lethargy, bringing about a magical redemption. 3066 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 206A Sari Draping Workshop Each region in India, each city within a region, and those that practice a particular religion in a region have different ways of draping a sari. Come find out a few of them. If you have a sari, please bring it along. Open to All Debi Chowdhury 3069 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 206BCD Indigenous Storytelling: Salinan/Ohlone Tales from Coastal California. Gregg Castro 3072 Friday 10:00am 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Opens Activities for children from 6–12 who are Sasquan members or Kids-in-Tow. We have a program for the full weekend involving art, crafts, games, science, magic, story-telling and music, and a bit of space for children to enjoy. See http://sasquan.org/pro- gram/kids-and-young-adult/ for details. 3075 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 207 Tai Chi Morning stretches and exercise. Steven Barnes 3078 Friday 10:00am 2hr 45min CC 300B WSFS Business Meeting (Main Session) Joining Sasquan made you a member of the World Science Fiction Society, the organization that has sponsored World- con since 1939. WSFS holds its business meeting annually at Worldcon, making the rules that govern Worldcons and the Hugo Awards. Every attending member of Sasquan is welcome to attend the meeting, participate in debates, and vote. Today’s First Main Meeting will consider the items on the agenda estab- lished at yesterday’s Preliminary Business Meeting. Today’s meeting may have limited seating but a large amount of standing room is available. Please make seats available for members with accessibility issues. Try to arrive early to collect and read agenda handouts. Jared Dashoff, Kevin Standlee, Linda Deneroff, Jesi Pershing, Donald Eastlake, Joyce Reynolds-Ward, Lisa Hayes 70 FRIDAY

3081 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 300C Urban Fantasy as Modern Fairy Tale When the classic fairy tales were first told, they were about people living in places much like those known by the storyteller, mostly small towns and rural areas. Now, people live in more urban areas. Does today’s urban fantasy serve the role as fairy tales once did? Megan Frank (m), Patricia Briggs, Yanni Kuznia, Rhiannon Held, Michelle Sagara 3084 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 300D 2015: The Year of the Dwarf Planets In 2015, spacecraft visited the dwarf Planets Ceres and Pluto for the first time. I will discuss what a “dwarf planet is,” and then take a look at Ceres and Pluto, and how they may help the set- tlement of the Solar System. Both bodies look to be reservoirs of large amounts of relatively accessible ice and, in Pluto’s case, other elements, such as nitrogen, needed to sustain colonies in space. G. David Nordley 3087 Friday 10:00am 30min CC 301 Reading—Nancy Jane Moore 3090 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 302AB Tom Swift’s Shopton Industries, or Bellwether? A panel of scientists and engineers describing how our lives fit, or does not fit, the way it is depicted in science fiction. People don’t know what our daily life is like, how we pay our bills, how we interact with our bosses or Te Suits; some SF stories get it pretty good, others get it completely wrong. Is our life more like Tom Swift or like Bellwether? Guy Consolmagno (m), Klarissa Davis, James C. Glass, Jordin T. Kare 3093 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 303A The YA Discworld novels, and Other Books by Terry Pratchett For Young People - Discussing the YA/Childrens book of the master of Discworld, Terry Pratchett. Chat about favorite characters, stories, and aspects of the Tiffany Aching novels, Maurice and His Educated Rodents, Nation, Dodger, and more. Shanna Swendson (m), Denise Connell, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Anne Hoppe, Julie McGalliard 3096 Friday 10:00am 30min CC 303B Reading—Louise Marley 3099 Friday 10:00am 30min CC 304 Reading—Mark Ferrari 3102 Friday 10:00am 45min CC 401C Costume Q&A for Teen Cosplayers and Costume Crafters Cosplay is king! But how do you create all of those parts and pieces that make a costume truly memorable? Our costuming experts are here to share tips and tricks for teen costume mak- ers. So bring your ideas, your questions, and your imagination. Plan your next killer cosplay character or fine tune a costume that you already have and love. Tanglwyst de Holloway (m), Torrey Stenmark, Janine Wardale 3105 Friday 10:00am 45min CC Bays 111A AfroFuturism in Comics & Science Fiction Afro-futurism is a new field in academia and science fiction themed media. AfroFuturism is the philosophical and artistic expression of alternative realities relating to people of Afri- can descent. We will explore what it means to be identified as “alien” or “other” as seen through the black cultural lens of various comic art/sequential art speculative milieus, such as the universe of ICON (DC Comics) and Concrete Park (Dark Horse Comics). We will explore the symbolic enslavement of the cyber-enhancements of Deathlok (Marvel Comics), as pre- sented in the comic series. Te presentation will delve into an alternative expression of freedom and liberation as represented in the “ethno-surreal” comics, Papa Midnite (Vertigo Comics) and Christina Leveau: Voodoo Child (Vertigo Comics). As we analyze the thematic development and expression of Afrofutur- ist phenomena in comics, the discussion will descend into the realm of African mythology, in the context of modern Marvel Comics superhero, Black Panther. We will discuss the notion of FRIDAY 71

having the world’s most technologically advanced society—the Kingdom of Wakanda—on the continent of Africa. Te presen- tation will remix historical perceptions and re-imagine racial identity. Ajani Brown 3108 Friday 10:00am 45min CC Bays 111B Basics of Creating a Language Linguist David Peterson is the creator of Dothraki and will help you understand how to get started creating a lanaguage. David Peterson 3111 Friday 10:00am 45min CC Bays 111C Creative Bio-engineering We are just at the beginning of being able to realize SF dreams (and nightmares) of bio-engineering. Tis panel will discuss where we are today, what is in store in the near future, and what we might want to worry about. Ramez Naam (m), Nancy Kress, Vonda N. McIntyre, William Alvis Tomasson, Peter Charron 3114 Friday 10:00am 45min CC Conference Theater 110 Tomorrow Stories: Successful Creators and their Work Tere are a growing number of top artists blazing new trails, choosing to create their own groundbreaking intellectual prop- erties, tell new stories, create new art, and build their own reve- nue streams. Tey share why they created their game-changing endeavors, what they’re producing, what they’ve learned, and where the next frontiers are for all of us. John Picacio (m), Kevin J. Anderson, Kurt Busiek, Craig Engler, Jeff Sturgeon 3117 Friday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show Opens Exhibition of art from around the world. 3120 Friday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall A—Artist/Author Alley Artist/Author Alley Opens Stop by to watch an artist or author work, and perhaps buy one of their works. Friday morning: Marla Baer-Peckham, Mark Bondurant, Diane Gardner,Shaenon Garrity, John Gray III, Teresa Halbert, Scott Hammond, L. F. Patten, Arlin Robbins, Wendy Van Camp Friday afternoon: John Alexander, Alan Beck, Rob Carlos, Michele Ellington, Shaenon Garrity, Arlin Robins, Andy VanOverberghe, Laurel Anne Hill, J. Neil Schulman 3123 Friday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Opens Te Sasquan Dealer Room has your stuff! Tat latest science fiction novel that just came out you’ve been meaning to buy, the right hat for your costume, the shiny pretty thing you didn’t know you wanted until you saw it...the Dealers Room has that! 3126 Friday 10:00am 45min CC Hall B Autographing—E. C. Blake (Edward Willet), Michael Cassutt, Deby Fredericks, Ken Liu, R.M. Meluch, Lauren Roy 3129 Friday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall B—Site Selection Site Selection Opens Today is your last chance to vote for the location of the 2017 Worldcon? Here’s where to go! Site Selection closes promptly at 6:00 pm. 3132 Friday 10:00am 12hr CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Opens Exhibit Hall C is home to the Fan Exhibits, Worldcon Exhibits, daytime Fan Lounge, Guinan’s Place: Bar & Lounge, Super Sci- ence Saturday and more! Some parts of the hall may not be open when the rest of the hall is open. Note: Hall C may be open later tonight if the Masquerade runs past 10:00pm 3135 Friday 10:00am 45min CC Hall C—Maker/3-D Printing 3D Printing Demonstration Have you ever wished you could make cool plastic toys yourself? Or maybe you’d prefer to make something more practical. Te 3D printing demonstration will explain what people use their 3D printers for (hint: NOT creating working 3D-printed guns; we’ll leave that to movie villains), as well as the different types of 3D printers available. Te discussion will then focus on how you 72 FRIDAY

can create your own files or find existing files to create your own 3D printed objects. Tis will be followed by a practical demon- stration of how a 3D printer works. (Tis is the second of three identical presentations.) Inez Gowsell 3138 Friday 10:10am 5min CC 205 Musicidio—G Animation—Spain Director: Ferriol Tugues René is happy playing the bagpipes. He tries to making a living playing in the street. He doesn’t mind how many coins are tossed into his hat as long as he can carry on playing. But one day he realizes that he is held in contempt by the local residents. His life and the lives of the townsfolk are about to be changed forever. 3141 Friday 10:15am 5min CC 205 Shiner—PG-13 SF&F—UK Director: David Lilley You’re never too old to save the world. ‘Shiner,’ a.k.a Neville Dunston, is a delusional old-aged pensioner who believes he is a crime-fighting superhero. Can he capture the criminals, defeat his nemesis and overcome a weak bladder? At night, Shiner patrols the sleepy village of Moorhaven, but to him it’s Gotham city. Tings take a turn for the worst when our plucky hero encounters his two mortal enemies, the fearful ‘Limpet’ and the evil matron at his nursing home. 3144 Friday 10:20am 35min CC 205 Re-Symmetry—PG-13 SF&F—Australia Director: Erron Frankin Te story of a near future government agency who travels back in time to fix the changes in history made illegally. Te story gathers momentum as they battle over a change in World War II that could mean the end of their agency. 3147 Friday 10:30am 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—William Campbell Powell 3150 Friday 10:30am 30min CC 301 Reading—Anaea Lay 3153 Friday 10:30am 30min CC 303B Reading—Sharon Shinn 3156 Friday 10:30am 30min CC 304 Reading—Matt Wallace 3159 Friday 10:45am 1hr CC 203 Clockwork Century: “Tanglefoot” (2014) A dramatic full-cast reading of Cherie Priest’s story about a boy and the mechanical friend he builds. Presented courtesy of GraphicAudio (graphicaudio.net). 3162 Friday 11:00am 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Q&A with Rayce Bird Makeup FX artist Rayce Bird is often called on to speak to audi- ences about his work. However, we have been told that, all too often, his speaking engagements often are too short to allow for much in the way of questions from the audience. Well, we are going to make sure that that doesn’t happen at Sasquan! We’ve given Rayce’s fans an entire session, to ask of Rayce what you will. 3165 Friday 11:00am 1hr 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Build an Empire on the Fly Our panelists will create an empire from the ground up. Tey’ll design everything they can think of: geography, races, culture, laws, history, etc, while our moderator will toss problems (like insurgent dissidents and earthquakes) their way. Kyle Elliott (m), Rob Carlos, Brenda Carre, C.J. Cherryh, Jane Fancher, L. E. Modesitt Jr. 3168 Friday 11:00am 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Arthur Chu 3171 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Matthew Johnson Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. FRIDAY 73

3174 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Jack Campbell Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3177 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Connie Willis Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3180 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Nick Kanas, M.D. Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3183 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 202C Leatherworking: Medallions Learn leatherworking techniques on a leather disc medallion that could be a pendant, hair clip, or belt buckle. Tools List If you have the ability to do so, please bring: Exacto Knives, metal spoons for burnishing, and small/fine paint brushes. Te instructor has a limited number of tools available. Open to All 10 and up. Workshop Limit: 20 Torrey Stenmark (m), Leslie Johnston 3186 Friday 11:00am 59min CC 205 The Firesign Theatre: Everything You Know Is Wrong!—PG-13 SF&F Comedy—USA Director: Philip Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman & Phil Proctor As often is the case, this performance from the Firesign Teatre defies a linear synopsis. Te recording takes the form of another record produced by conspiracy theorist and “seeker” Dr. Harry Cox as he tries to tie together evidence of extraterrestrial vis- its to earth from old recordings, films, newspaper articles and interviews, all while besieged by interruptions from his various acquaintances and hangers-on. It presents an alternate history where the American Revolution was fomented by a bunch of hemp-smoking dope-heads, and where the South won the Civil War; because, of course, Everything You Know is Wrong. Besides being a general aural feast, the record contains a great deal of sharp but subtle social satire, much of which is only gleaned after several listenings. So, if you were never a special person, you are a special person now. But be careful, because they’re in everybody’s eggs. David Ossman will have a Q&A at approximately 11:45, follow- ing the end of the film. David Ossman 3189 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 206A No Sew Costuming For those that say “I do not sew, so I cannot be a costumer.” Techniques that allow you to put a costume together without having to sew. Tanglwyst de Holloway, Janine Wardale 3192 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 206BCD Mathletics Sharpen up your wits and join champion mathletics coach Tim Griffin for a quick exploration of the art and science of advanced problem solving, then try your hand at a quick tournament. Tim Griffin 3195 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 207 Dern Grimm Bedtime Tales & Other Stories Storytelling with Dan Daniel Dern 3198 Friday 11:00am 1hr 15min CC 300C Writing Excuses Recording Sit in on recording of the popular podcast Writing Excuses Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells 74 FRIDAY

3201 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 300D Reading Rare Books A discussion among bibliophiles on the wonders of reading rare, old books. Perhaps a little show and tell? Jo Walton (m), Fred Lerner, Ada Palmer, Lauren Schiller 3204 Friday 11:00am 30min CC 301 Reading—Gwen Whiting 3207 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 302AB Science Reporting Science plays an important part of our lives. Our ability to understand science is dependent, in part, on how science is reported in the news. An on-going trend is the loss of science beat reporters, but also the rise of professional scientists as blog- gers. How well is science reported in today’s new media? How might this change? What are sources of science news that you can rely on? Anne Hoppe (m), Frank Catalano, Janet Freeman-Daily, Charlotte Lewis Brown 3210 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 303A Comics and Graphic Novels for Teen Readers Comics have been a longtime staple of teen readers. However, it seems like we’re entering a new golden age for comics and graphic novels that offers a wide spectrum of choices. How have comics for teens changed overtime and is a young adult genre emerging? What new stuff is coming out? What comics should kids be reading? What old standards should not be overlooked? What do we want to see next? Jennifer Brozek (m), Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Esther Jones 3213 Friday 11:00am 30min CC 303B Reading—Charles Stross 3216 Friday 11:00am 45min CC 401C Self-publishing—When to do it, When to Publish Traditionally A discussion of the whys and whens of self-publishing versus traditional publishing. Timing, royalties, promotion and more. Panel will consist of successful self-published authors, self-pub- lished authors who have been picked up by major publishers, and publishing industry professionals. Stephen Segal (m), Taiyo Fujii, H.M. Jones, Linda Nagata 3219 Friday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111A Certainly Not For the Money: Why We Write Short Fiction Why do we put ourselves through the angst of writing short fiction? It certainly isn’t the money. Why else would we do it? Mark J. Ferrari (m), Mur Lafferty, Sarah Pinsker, Stefan Rudnicki, Rick Wilber 3222 Friday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111B Hidden Diversity in Classic SF Contrary to the covers on many old SF books, not every charac- ter was Nordic and blue-eyed. Yes, there were people of differing colors in some classic SF, despite the common white-washed marketing of the time. We’ll talk about the early writers who had some surprisingly diverse casts of characters. Brenda Clough (m), Bradford Lyau, Beth Meacham, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Steven Barnes 3225 Friday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111C Writing About SF: Yesterday and Today From Knight and Blish, through Delany and Le Guin, to the crit- ics of today, SF has had an active (and sometimes contentious) history of criticism. What is the role of a critic? Who are the great critics, and why? Gary K. Wolfe (m), David Hartwell, Rich Horton, Michelle Sagara, Kameron Hurley 3228 Friday 11:00am 45min CC Conference Theater 110 The Aging of Fandom: A Science Panel One reason fans are older is that life expectancy has increased. How long will it be before we’re all like Lazarus Long? What will the implications be for future society? Laurie Mann (m), Nancy Kress, Todd McCaffrey, Vonda N. McIntyre, Madeleine Geraghty 3231 Friday 11:00am 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Jason Hough, Lee Moyer, Robert J. Sawyer, Ferrett Steinmetz, Martha Wells FRIDAY 75

3234 Friday 11:00am 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Painting Demo Watch Jeff demonstrate his unique painting technique. Jeff Sturgeon 3237 Friday 11:00am 1hr 15min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Silverberg—Martin Dialog Robert Silverberg & George R. R. Martin talk...about whatever they’d like to! George R. R. Martin, Robert Silverberg 3240 Friday 11:30am 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Lauren Roy 3243 Friday 11:30am 30min CC 301 Reading—Diana Pharaoh Francis 3246 Friday 11:30am 30min CC 303B Reading—Madeleine Robins 3249 Friday 11:45am 2hr 15min CC 203 Tallington: Episodes 1–4 (2014)—PG A reporter stumbles across a secret Cold War project which attempted time travel—and succeeded, with comedic results! Presented courtesy of We Are Not Alone (wearenotalone.co.uk). 3252 Friday 12:00pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—E. C. Blake (Edward Willett) 3255 Friday 12:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Parody On, Dude! What makes a good parody? What makes a lousy one? Our experts will tell you what does and doesn’t work. Lee Gold (m), Bob Kanefsky, Tom Smith 3258 Friday 12:00pm 1hr 45min CC 201C Art Demo—Arlin Robins Arlin Robins 3261 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Bryan Thomas Schmidt Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3264 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Guy Consolmagno Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3267 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Mike Resnick Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3270 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Heather Rose Jones Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3273 Friday 12:00pm 1hr 15min CC 202C Basic Shibori Techniques Workshop Shibori dyeing techniques have been around since the year 600. Binding, Needle Shaping (needle and thread), Itajime (clamp- ing), and Arashi (pole) techniques are easy to learn. Te first half hour will have a brief overview of the techniques, and the rest of the session will be hands on application and dyeing samples. Open to All 10 and up. Workshop Limit: 40 PLEASE: No food or drink in the workshop room when working with dyes. Water will be available. Carole I. Parker 3276 Friday 12:00pm 2hr CC 205 Lakeside: A Year With Jay Lake—PG-13 Documentary—USA Director: Donnie Reynolds Campbell Award-winning writer Jay Lake died in 2014 after a very public, six year struggle with cancer. Lakeside is a docu- mentary about Jay and his cancer battle. Director Donnie Reyn- olds will introduce this film and will lead a Q & A following. Donnie Reynolds 76 FRIDAY

3279 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC 206A Fabric Identifcation How to identify fabrics using sources and the burn test. After you figure out what you have, what can you do with it? Teresa Halbert, Torrey Stenmark, Sandra Pettinger 3282 Friday 12:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes for Lunch Don’t forget—your kids need lunch, too! 3285 Friday 12:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Kaye Thornbrugh 3288 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC 302AB Memory Landscapes Photographer Laurie Toby Edison is working on a new digital project called Memory Landscapes a feminist visual memoir. Memory is a form of time travel through your own time line. A visual memoir takes you into the artist’s time line and lets you choose your paths through their lives. Laurie says, “I started thinking about memory, and how what is remarkable is not how much we forget, but how much we remember. My memories are not linear because, as Penelope Lively observed, ‘Inside the head everything happens at once.’ Linear narrative is a useful construct, but it’s not how we actually remember. I want to re-engage with the memories of my life, to create an autobi- ographical visual memoir, to express the poetics of non-linear time. Memories are filtered, by who we are now, who we were then, and what has happened in between. We view our past through layers of memories, and the past is everything that hap- pened except this moment. It will eventually be an IPad app that creates an aesthetic of memory.” During the panel, we will look at some of Laurie’s work in prog- ress, and discuss the ways panelists and audience re-engage with memories of our own lives. Laurie Toby Edison, Eileen Gunn, Brenda Clough 3291 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC 303A How to Produce a Video Game What it takes to put a video game together. Yes, you need artists and programmers, but what else do you need? Eleanor Stokes (m), Brian Campbell, Brooks Peck, Maurine Starkey 3294 Friday 12:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Elizabeth Bear 3297 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC 401C Hard SF for Teens Hard science fiction isn’t just for adults. Kids today are more tech savvy than ever and fiction featuring real (or at least possible) science for teens is gaining steam. However, how hard should a hard SF novel get for young adults? What hard SF is getting it right? Who should we be reading? How can teens effectively pick through those old SF classics that they would find compelling today? Steven Gould (m), Jennifer Brozek, Fonda Lee, Marissa Meyer, William Campbell Powell 3300 Friday 12:00pm 50min CC Bays 111A Reading—David Gerrold 3303 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B The Ties Between Romance, SF and Fantasy Romantic stories focus on relationships and romantic love. Speculative fiction is often considered a genre of ideas. What is the role of the romantic element in this genre of ideas? How does speculative fiction bring a fresh perspective to stories about emotion and relationships? Cynthia Felice (m), Louise Marley, Darlene Marshall, Sharon Shinn, Fred Lerner 3306 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Classic SF You Should Read If you haven’t read much SF from the last millennium find out about the blasts from the past Greg Bear (m), David Hartwell, Edward M. Lerner, Brenda Cooper, Fei Tang FRIDAY 77

3309 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC Conference Theater 110 The Future of Food Science fiction rarely discusses what people will eat in the future. Denny Zager and Rick Evans’ 1969 hit song, “In the Year 2525,” predicted “Everything you think, do and say is in the pill you took today.” Will the future really replace barbecue and burgers with capsules and protein drinks? How far can nutriceuticals go? Will we print our food in 3-D or carve it from Chicken Little? How are cuisines and tastes evolving? What drives food trends? Amy Tomson (m), Beth Cato, Scott Edelman, Lawrence M. Schoen, Fran Wilde 3312 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Neil Clarke, William Dietz, Rhiannon Held, Mary Soon Lee, John Picacio, Charles Stross, Jo Walton 3315 Friday 12:00pm 10hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Opens Guinan’s Place: Cabaret, Watering Hole & Bar features music and other events during Worldcon. You are welcome to sit in the lounge when the bar is not open. You may purchase food in the Hall D snack bar and bring it into the lounge when Hall C is open. Guinan’s may be open late if the Masquerade lasts after 10:00pm. “Last call” is a half hour before the bar closes. 3318 Friday 12:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Esther Jones Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Esther Jones 3321 Friday 12:30pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Kanyu Wang 3324 Friday 12:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Setsu Uzume 3327 Friday 12:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Robert J. Sawyer 3330 Friday 12:30pm 30min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Audience fll for Leslie Turek 3333 Friday 1:00pm 1hr 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Rayce Bird Meet-and-Greet Tis is your chance to just hang out and chat with Rayce Bird. It’s informal. It’s casual. It’s an oportunity to talk to Rayce (and possibly members of his family who might be free), and meet him as a person, rather than a celebrity. 3336 Friday 1:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Short Story Editors If you write short stories, you probably have questions unique to your genre. How do you sell your stories to magazines? How do you nail down a regular writing contract with a literary website? What about poetry? What are they looking for, anyway? Come get all the answers from our panel of professional editors from some of the biggest magazines and websites out there today! Mir Plemmons (m), John Joseph Adams, Ellen Datlow 3339 Friday 1:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B A Night in Ankh-Morpork—The Discworld City of 1,000 Surprises Join us for a verbal walking tour of Ankh-Morpork. We dis- cuss its culture (dubious), its food (curious), its fascinating citizenry(quarrelous) and its long history (circuitous). No tour would be complete without a visit to UU University and the High Energy Magic Building (ingenious), and a look at one of its famous Watch Houses (armigerous) and the work of B.S. Johnson (erroneous). We might even visit the Seamstress Guild (scandalous) or obtain a brief audience in the Rats Chamber with the Patrician himself (ominous). Charlotte Lewis Brown (m), Patty Panek, Richard Stephens, Tom Whitmore, Anne Hoppe 3342 Friday 1:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Fiber Artists Yarn fans talk about some of their favorite fibers and their favor- ite fiber crafts Astrid Bear (m), Brenda Clough, Vandy Hall, Susan Palwick 78 FRIDAY

3345 Friday 1:00pm 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 05 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. David D. Levine, Madeleine Robins, Diana Pharaoh Francis 3348 Friday 1:00pm 3hr CC 201B Writers Workshop section 14 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Rhiannon Held, Nick Mamatas, Caren Gussoff 3351 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Wesley Chu Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3354 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Shanna Swendson Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3357 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Melinda Snodgrass Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3360 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Jeanine Hennig Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3363 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 206A Breakdown Props How to take simple items and plan ahead for packing. Items like a steampunk cane from a curtain rod, a wizard’s staff from a halogen floor lamp, and fairy wings that come apart from com- ponents that are easy and inexpensive to find. Tanglwyst de Holloway 3366 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 300B HARLIE, the Chtorr, Tribbles, and the Martian Child: The Many Worlds of David Gerrold Te panel looks at the many works of Guest David Gerrold. Kristine Rusch (m), Stefan Rudnicki, Tony Lewis 3369 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 300C Bad Science on TV Science is a hot topic in TV entertainment: from CSI to Orphan Black to Te Big Bang Teory to Person of Interest. Some of it is good, but much of it is bad. Te panel will bash the bad science and clue you in to those shows that seem like the science is good, but not really. Deb Geisler (m), Julie McGalliard, Janna Silverstein, Cordelia Willis 3372 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 300D Prometheus Awards Libertarian Awards followed bya discussion on Freedom. Fran Van Cleave (m) 3375 Friday 1:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Andrea G. Stewart 3378 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 302AB Infamous Bad Book Covers Please join our panelists on a journey through the Tragic Spec- ter of Book Covers Past, and the Valley of the Shadow of ebooks Present. Do we have the wisdom to prevent the Crimes of the Future? Lee Moyer (m), Teddy Harvia, Jeff Sturgeon 3381 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 303A What Just Happened at the Business Meeting? Te WSFS Business Meeting can be intimidating to those who have never participated in it. Tis panel will go into the technical details about what happened at this morning’s Business Meet- FRIDAY 79

ing, with an emphasis on the technical parliamentary rules, not the substance of those proposals. Tis may include instruction in how parliamentary procedure works. Jared Dashoff, Donald Eastlake, Jesi Pershing, Kevin Standlee, Linda Deneroff 3384 Friday 1:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Kay Kenyon 3387 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC 304 Classics of Science Fiction Discussion: C.S. Lewis—Out of the Silent Planet (1938) Weston the proud scientist is a caricature; yet it is he who gets the party there and back again. What makes Out of the Silent Planet sting? Get it at a library, a used-book shop, or Amazon. com. Can’t read it in time? You’re still welcome. John Hertz (m) 3390 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Do We Live in the Marvel Universe? Marvel Conquers TV, Movies & Comics Are the Marvel movies now driving the comics universe? Is this good? And what about Agent Carter? Tom Smith (m), Ajani Brown, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Annalee Flower Horne 3393 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Writing About Characters Who Are Smarter Than You Graham Moore, Oscar-winning screenplay writer for Te Imi- tation Game, wrote an essay called “How to Write About Char- acters Who Are Smarter Tan You” https://medium.com/@ MrGrahamMoore/how-to-write-about-characters-who-are- smarter-than-you-c7c956944847 Denise Connell (m), Kamila Miller, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Robert J. Sawyer, Steven Silver 3396 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C 100 Years of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the theory of relativity by exploring what physicists have been doing for the last 100 years, the status of the theory today, and what might change in the future. Mark L. Olson (m), David Clements, James C. Glass, Bill Higgins, Lori White 3399 Friday 1:00pm 1hr CC Conference Theater 110 Sound Check: Friday Sound check for people doing concerts on Friday. TJ Burnside Clapp, Steve Savitzky, Jordin T. Kare, E. C. Blake, Sandra C. Greenberg, Tim Griffin, Mary Crowell, Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton 3402 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Aliette de Bodard, P. C. Hodgell, Richard Kadrey, Devon Monk, Michelle Sagara, Lawrence M. Schoen 3405 Friday 1:00pm 2hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Fan Fund Auction Help raise money for Fan Funds like TAFF (Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund) and DUFF (Down Under Fan Fund). Nina Horvath 3408 Friday 1:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Frog Jones Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Frog Jones 3411 Friday 1:00pm 1hr 15min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Leslie Turek Guest Interview Guest of Honor Leslie Turek will be interviewed by Brother Guy Consolomagno on her years in fandom. Guy Consolmagno (m), Leslie Turek 3414 Friday 1:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Matthew Johnson 3417 Friday 1:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Bud Sparhawk 3420 Friday 2:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: The SpoCon Unquisition Can you ask a specific question without any specifics? Are you 80 FRIDAY

an ace at speaking in circles... wanting to know something spe- cific, but unable or unwilling to be direct? Ten you may have what it takes to get past our panel of “Unquisitors” (like Inquisitors, but far craftier) to ask author C. J. Cherryh about her worlds and her writing. You can’t include in your question anything that specifically relates or is unique to her published works... no proper names, specific scenarios, etc.. You have to be as vague as possible, and still have a viable question. If you can gain the approval of our Unquisitors, then CJ may answer your question (in any way that she see fit). Will you accept the challenge? Te SpoCon Unquisition awaits you.... Jane Fancher (m), Paula Whitehouse (m), C.J. Cherryh 3423 Friday 2:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B SF & Fantasy Poetry What’s the current state of poetry in SF publications? Are there more opportunities for SF/fantasy poets? Our panelists will each read a poem as part of the panel. Wendy S. Delmater (m), Mary Soon Lee, William Campbell Powell, Stefan Rudnicki 3426 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Ajani Brown Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3429 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Annie Bellet Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3432 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 202C Makeup Demo/Workshop From bold and dramatic stage makeup to soft and subtle tech- niques that highlight the natural, we’ll explore multiple styles to suit your costuming and beauty needs. Airbrush and stencil use will be demonstrated as well. Joy Bragg-Staudt 3435 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 203 Metropolis: Suite II (2010) Te android Cindi Mayweather falls in love and begins to realize that her malfunctions are manifestations of a power that will help the android underclass find freedom. 3438 Friday 2:00pm 2hr CC 205 Cosplay Nation—PG-13 Documentary—USA Director: Joshua Adams & Uke Li Te director will introduce the film, Q&A to follow. A documentary on cosplay all over America. Uke Li 3441 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 206A Getting Started: Cosplay How to find information, groups, and Internet sources for cos- play topics. Cordelia Willis (m), Alicia Faires, Torrey Stenmark 3444 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 206BCD Neon Hair Spray Day Wondered what you’d look like with differently colored hair? Come experiment with temporary spray in paint. Janine Wardale, John Wardale 3447 Friday 2:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Re-Opens 3450 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 207 How Does He Do That? Magic tricks demystefied Daniel Dern 3453 Friday 2:00pm 2hr CC 300A Ceili Dance Join Kaylee (a.k.a. Selene Stohl) for a rousing Ceili Dance. Ceili is a high energy social Irish dance. Steps and dances will be taught and called (similar to a square dance), so no experience is nec- FRIDAY 81

essary. Come with or without a partner, and wear comfortable shoes. Selene Stohl 3456 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 300C Adapting the Human Body for Low Gravity One of the big challenges facing human habitation of space is life in low gravity. Humans evolved in a 1-G field and can have serious health problems in prolonged low gravity. Te panel will discuss what we know about life in low gravity, what can be done to make that life safe, and what we still need discover. Nick Kanas (m), Pat Cadigan, Dominick D'Aunno, Madeleine Geraghty, Phyllis Eide 3459 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 300D Sidewise Awards & Panel: What if “Science Fiction” Had Been Called “Speculative History?” While speculative fiction was born with the “what ifs” of Sir Tomas More’s Utopia and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, many of the “what ifs” over the centuries have explored various his- torical incidents. Explore the history of speculative history, and think about “what if” the field had been more focused on history than science. Te Sidewise Awards for Alternate History will be awarded at the beginning of this panel. 2015 nominees: Short Form t
Ken Liu, “Te Long Haul” (Clarkesworld, 11/14) t
Igor Ljubuncic, “Te Girl with the Flaxen Hair” (Wars to End All Wars: Alternate Tales from the Trenches, Amazon Digital Services) t
Robert Reed, “Te Principles” (Asimov’s, 4–5/14) t
Aaron Rosenberg, “Let No Man Put Asunder” (Europa Uni- versalis IV: What If?, Paradox Interactive) t
Lewis Shiner, “Te Black Sun” (Subterranean, Summer 2014) t
Harry Turtledove, “Te More It Changes” (Europa Universa- lis IV: What If?, Paradox Interactive) Long Form t
Alexander M. Grace, Sr., Second Front: Te Allied Invasion of France, 1942–1943 (Casemate) t
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Te Enemy Within (WMG Publishing) t
Tony Schumacher, Te Darkest Hour (William Morrow) t
Allen Steele, V-S Day (Ace) t
Jo Walton, My Real Children (Tor) Te Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were conceived in late 1995 to honor the best allohistorical genre publications of the year. Tis year’s panel of judges was made up of Stephen Bax- ter, Evelyn Leeper, Jim Rittenhouse, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver. Steven Silver (m), Lou Antonelli, Eileen Gunn 3462 Friday 2:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Eric James Stone 3465 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 302AB Pimp My SF Ride. Unforgettable vehicles—Nemo’s Nautilus, Doc’s Delorean, the Batmobile and more. Mad Max back on the big screen. 30 years since Back to the Future. Who can ever forget Doc’s Delorean, the fleet of fran- kenstein vehicles chasing Mad Max, or the gut-wrenching speeder bike chases in Star Wars? Let’s talk about the great vehicles in science fiction, both on paper and on screen, and how they affected the plot. Were some of these vehicles actually characters? Stu Segal (m), Troy Bucher, Stephen Cooper, Megan Frank 3468 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 303A Dreaming on the Diamond: A Look at Baseball in the Specula- tive Fiction Genre Some of our best loved stories embrace America’s favorite pastime. How has the sport infiltrated the fantasy and science fiction genres? Are all baseball stories as nostalgic as Field of Dreams? Or are they more whimsy like Angels in the Outfield or Rhubarb? What about other sports? Bradford Lyau (m), Patricia MacEwen, Cat Rambo, Bud Sparhawk, Rick Wilber 82 FRIDAY

3471 Friday 2:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Joe Haldeman 3474 Friday 2:00pm 30min CC 304 Reading—Martha Wells 3477 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC 401C Managing your Online Brand On social media, are you a person or a brand? Do you handle interactions differently depending on what type of social media you’re on? And what happens when you’re involved in a bru- ha-ha? How is it different for a group and for an individual? Frank Catalano (m), Matthew Johnson, Marah Searle- Kovacevic, Jim Wright 3480 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A SF and Futurism Futurism is the term given to the attempt to predict future trends. But isn’t that what SF does? What is the relationship between the fictional futures of SF and the potentially actual futures of futurists. Karl Schroeder (m), Trina Marie Phillips, Matt Wallace 3483 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B The Best of the Year so Far... How is 2015 shaping up as a year for novels, short works, non-fic- tion works and dramatic presentations? Make suggestions for our audience’s “Recommended Reading” lists. William Frank (m), Neil Clarke, Liza Groen Trombi 3486 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Dystopian Realities: What if Fiction’s Most Dire Prophesies Come True? Te bullying of humans by “helpful” digital devices (Leiber), government-mandated pregnancy (Atwood), intrusive advertis- ing (Pohl), robot uprisings (Wilson) and other such “if this goes on” prophecies now part of our everyday lives make it seem as if sf is better at predicting dark futures than bright ones (e.g. inter- stellar travel, colonies on other planets). In comparison, many of science fiction’s positive fortellings—waterbeds (Heinlein), tablet computers (Clarke), wireless phones (“Get Smart”)—seem pretty small potatoes. Is that why SF has become increasingly grim? Or are dystopias more fetish than useful? Gillian Redfearn (m), William Dietz, Tananarive Due, Jessica Rising, Daniel Spector 3489 Friday 2:00pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: TJ Burnside-Clapp Pegasus Award-winning singer/songwriter TJ Burnside-Clapp is a female singer-songwriter with a deep, soothing voice. She currently living in Arlington, VA. 3492 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Katherine Addison, Alma Alexander, Marissa Meyer, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Stanley Schmidt, Catherynne M. Valente 3495 Friday 2:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Robert J. Sawyer Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Robert J. Sawyer 3498 Friday 2:00pm 2hr CC Hall C—Maker/3-D Printing Drop Spindle Workshop After a brief background about the use of a drop spindle, partic- ipants construct a basic drop spindle from provided materials and instructions. Some practice fibers are provided for partici- pants to experiment with. Tis is a drop-in workshop in the Maker Activites area; you do not need to stay for the full time. Klarissa Davis 3501 Friday 2:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Gra Linnaea 3504 Friday 2:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Kevin J. Anderson 3507 Friday 2:30pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Steve Savitzky Steve Savitzky is an award-winning Seattle-based singer-song- writer who writes about his favorite things, which include his FRIDAY 83

family, computers, literature, computers, space, computers, nature—and did we mention computers? His guitar fingerpick- ing technique is amazing. 3510 Friday 2:30pm 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Climate Change—Science and Fiction Te science behind climate change and how climate change is being used (and abused) in current fiction Ctein (m), John Joseph Adams, Bobbie Benton Hull, Ramez Naam, Gregg Castro 3513 Friday 2:45pm 40min CC 203 19 Nocturne Boulevard: “The Rookie” (2009)—PG-13 A young man climbs the ranks with the help of a kind mentor in a dark satire of celebrity culture. Presented courtesy of Wheeality Productions (19nocturneboule- vard.net). 3516 Friday 3:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Writers’ Pitch Session II: Book Editors Have a book manuscript you’re dying to shop? Tired of all the rejection emails? Well get your synopsis ready, because here’s your chance to sit and talk one-on-one for ten minutes with an editor from a major publishing house! Tere are a limited num- ber of sessions, so be sure to register soon! To register: send an email to Jessica Rising at jessiswrittenword@ yahoo.com with the subject line: Sasquan Editor Pitch. Include a one-page synopsys of your pitched work, and the first page of body as a word or pdf attachment. Registration is first come, first served, and you will be paired with an editor of our choice according to your writing sample & the editor’s needs. Note: Participation in a pitch session does NOT guarantee a con- tract with an editor. Editors participating in these pitch sessions are not contractually or otherwise obligated to sign any authors with whom they meet. Jessica Rising (m), Jennifer L. Carson, Amy Sterling Casil, Tony Daniel, Erin Lale, Mir Plemmons, Anne Sowards, Toni Weisskopf 3519 Friday 3:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B What Prose Writers Can Learn From Comics Prose and comic writing are different. How a prose writer can apply some of the techniques from comics to help them become a better writer. Daryl Gregory (m), Cassandra Rose Clarke, Grá Linnaea, Esther Jones 3522 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Steven Barnes Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3525 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Brandon Sanderson Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3528 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Ken Liu Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3531 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Friday, 3pm, 202BKK4 Requires advance sign-up 3534 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 202C Native American Style Baskets Do you admire Native American baskets and would love to have some to decorate your home but you just can’t afford them? Ten make your own! Bobbie Benton Hull (artist and author from Kennewick, Washington) will demonstrate how to make these beautiful works of art using raffia and reed, and give you the hands-on opportunity to try some starter techniques. Bobbie will discuss other materials that can be used, will have books for reference, and will let you handle some sample baskets she has made. Bobbie’s work can be found in art shows around the Pacific Northwest. Her main focus is on American Indian style pottery and basketry, as well as various types of sculpture. Bobbie Benton Hull 84 FRIDAY

3537 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 206A Costume and Cosplay Cheaply Costume and cosplay do not have to break the bank. Come find out the resources that people use for cheap supplies. Leslie Johnston 3540 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 206BCD Balloon Sculpture 2 How to make your own balloon scupltures. John Wardale 3543 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 207 Wooden Masks Elonda Castro 3546 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 300C Feedback Session Let us know what you’ve liked about Sasquan and what you think we might be able to fix, Glenn Glazer, Pierre Pettinger Jr, Sally Woehrle, Mike Willmoth 3549 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 300D Blinded by Pseudoscience More information is available to you today than at any time in human history. Pseudoscientific claims have always been around, but they have even more traction in the Age of the Inter- net. How can you tell which information is reliable? How can you distinguish legitimate science from pseudoscience? What are some of the major pseudoscience memes circulating today? What, if anything can we do about them? Sam Scheiner (m), Janet Freeman-Daily, Gregory Gadow, G. David Nordley, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro 3552 Friday 3:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Michael Cassutt 3555 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 302AB Building a Better Tomorrow Young adult science fiction is thriving, presenting an array of possible futures for humanity. While YA SF seems to be tak- ing off, many of those stories feature dark futures. Why might teens be drawn to these types of settings that feature dystopic settings? Will there be a brighter or better tomorrow for us? Laura Anne Gilman (m), Troy Bucher, Dan Wells 3558 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 303A YA Book Blogs/Bloggers Book blogs featuring young adult fiction are flourishing. Blog- gers share tips on navigating the online world of book blogs and online book promotion. What role to book blogs play in market- ing, awareness and fan reach for younger readers? Is this a social tool that young adult readers appreciate? Mark Oshiro (m), Deby Fredericks, H.M. Jones 3561 Friday 3:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Wesley Chu 3564 Friday 3:00pm 30min CC 304 Reading—Beth Cato 3567 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC 401C What’s Next for SWOC? SWOC (originally the “Seattle Westercon Organizing Commit- tee”) has been connecting fans and running conventions in the Pacific Northwest since the early 1990s. SWOC has organized four Westercons, the 2005 NASFIC, the regional convention organier’s conference ConComCon, the filk convention Conf- likt, and SWOC is also the sponsoring organization of Sasquan, the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention. We’ll talk about how SWOC helps start and grow and connect local conventions to each other, and how we promote Northwest fandom to each other and to the rest of the world. What is SWOC learning from Sasquan? Where do we go from here Jerry Gieseke, Alex von Torn, Ari Goldstein, Pat Porter, Jason Wodicka 3570 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Saving the World through Science Fiction: SF in the Class- room A diverse panel of teachers who use SF in the classroom will share their experiences, advice, best practices, and strategies with students, parents, other teachers, and anyone interested in FRIDAY 85

combining teaching and SF. Teaching resources, lesson plans, and curriculum from AboutSF, the Center for the Study of Sci- ence Fiction’s educational-outreach project, will be provided for attendees. Ben Cartwright (m), Ajani Brown, Walidah Imarisha, Charlotte Lewis Brown 3573 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B The Changing Role of the Editor With the various ways that fiction is published (print/online/ audio/self-published), how is the role of editor changing? Does the editor need to be more technician than tweaker? Is self-pub- lishing making the editor’s job obsolete? Gordon Van Gelder (m), Scott H. Andrews, Yanni Kuznia, Wendy S. Delmater, Bryan Tomas Schmidt 3576 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Writing For Video Games How does experience in writing SF novels translate to writing scripts and backstory for video games? What are the new skills that authors hoping to work on video game stories need to learn? William Dietz (m), Brian Campbell, Jason Hough, Mur Lafferty, john scalzi 3579 Friday 3:00pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Jordin Kare Jordin Kare is a rocket scientist by day and an engaging per- former whenver we can get him to do so. 3582 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC Hall A—Art Show Tour Guided Tour of the Art Show—Ctein & Teresa Nielsen Hayden Look through the Art Show with two of our perceptive, articu- late tour leaders. Talking about art is itself an art. Ctein, Teresa Nielsen Hayden 3585 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Guests—Brad Foster, David Gerrold, Jean Johnson, Vonda N. McIntyre, Tom Smith, Leslie Turek 3588 Friday 3:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Kevin J. Anderson Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Kevin J. Anderson 3591 Friday 3:25pm 30min CC 203 Imagination Theatre: “The Bougainville Giant”—PG A professor of entymology is contacted by an old student with a dubious tale of a giant moth. Presented courtesy of Jim French Productions (jimfrenchproduc- tions.com). 3594 Friday 3:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Linda Nagata 3597 Friday 3:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Jack Campbell 3600 Friday 3:30pm 30min CC 304 Reading—Kate Baker 3603 Friday 3:30pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Edward Willett Ed will be performing “Te Road Goes Ever On,” the song cycle of poems from Tolkien set to music by Donald Swann, and pos- sibly throwing in a couple of other things just for fun. 3606 Friday 3:55pm 2hr 25min CC 203 The Minister of Chance: Episodes 3–5 (2013)—PG-13 Kitty must follow the Minister again, as he searches for the Horseman, tries to stop an all-out war—and reveals Kitty’s own surprising origin! A star-studded cast includes Julian Wadham, Sylvester McCoy, and Paul McGann. Presented courtesy of Radio Static (radiostatic.co.uk). 3609 Friday 4:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: The Uses and Abuses of Heraldry Heraldry has a long and ancient history. Humankind has a fasci- nation with creating symbols to represent themselves and their people. Julia Smith PhD and Susan Wensel will talk about the history, and development of heraldry and give pointers on how to create heraldry for games, stories, and costumes. Julia Smith, Susan Wensel 86 FRIDAY

3612 Friday 4:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Round Robin Writing Workshop: Publishing 101 What is a query letter? How do you create the perfect pitch? Why are synopsys so hard to write? What about self-publish- ing? How do you format an e-book? Join our five professionals from the publishing industry—editors, agents and published authors—around the Round Robin table to learn the ins and outs of breaking into publishing. To register: send an email to Jessica Rising at jessiswrittenword@ yahoo.com with the subject line: Publishing Round Robin. In the body, please state if you have any specific questions you’d like our professionals to cover. Registration is limited, and first come, first served. Jessica Rising (m), John Berlyne, Tony Daniel, Kay Kenyon, Toni Weisskopf, Valerie Estelle Frankel 3615 Friday 4:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Beyond the Con: Connecting to Worldwide Fandom Science-fiction conventions have proliferated so that there’s at least one on every weekend of the year and five or six on many. Is there any reason to engage in fan activity beyond con going? What else is there to do? Why should you seek a connection to worldwide fandom and how can you do it? Teddy Harvia (m), James Bacon, Kelly Buehler, Regina Kanyu Wang 3618 Friday 4:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite D How Discworld Changed My Life Karen Collins 3621 Friday 4:00pm 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 06 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Devon Monk, Rick Wilber, Andrea G. Stewart 3624 Friday 4:00pm 3hr CC 201B Writers Workshop section 15 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Sarina Dorie, Walidah Imarisha, Bryan Tomas Schmidt 3627 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Karl Schroeder Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3630 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Lou Antonelli Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3633 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Shannon Page Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3636 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Keith Johnson Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. Come chat about movies and TV – what’s coming, what you’re interested in, the state of the industry, anything! – with the host of Trailer Park Movie Previews. 3639 Friday 4:00pm 15min CC 205 Dead Hearts—PG-13 Horror—Canada Director: Stephen Martin A young mortician will give his heart away to find true love. A whimsical, gothic bedtime story filled with love, loss, taxidermy, Kung fu, and biker werewolves. FRIDAY 87

3642 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 206A How to: Wear Kimono Kimono are a special form of dress. Come find out about all the layers that go underneath and how to put it all together. Alicia Faires, April Faires 3645 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 206BCD Fancy Hair Braiding John Wardale 3648 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 207 Golden Ducks Awards Te Golden Duck Awards are given out for the best in children’s literature. Several winners will be in attendance. Helen Gbala (m), William Campbell Powell, Douglas Drummond 3651 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 300B Eric Flint—Walter Hunt Dialog Eric and Walter talk twisting history and more. 3654 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 300C Why Do We Keep Running These Things? Running cons at all levels take a lot of time and energy from the committee, and staff. At the Worldcon level, we pay in treasure and often blood to spend our time working. Te panel reflects on the rewards of con running, and may even explain why you might want to get involved. Jim Mann (m), Deb Geisler, Stephen Cooper, Carolina Gomez Lagerlof 3657 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 300D What’s New from Ace/Roc Anne Sowards (executive editor, Penguin Random House, Ace/ Roc) gives the dish on new and upcoming books from Pen- guin’s exciting science fiction & fantasy authors, including Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, William Gibson, Ste- phen Baxter, Cherie Priest, S. M. Stirling, and many more. Tere may be giveaways! Anne Sowards 3660 Friday 4:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Daniel Dern 3663 Friday 4:00pm 2hr CC 302AB If I Ran the Z/o/o/ Con Do you have what it takes to run a Worldcon? Fan GoH Leslie Turek was instrumental in compiling “If I Ran the Z/o/o. Con,” a reality role-playing game in which the players move through scenarios representing the bidding, planning, and at-con phases of a World Science Fiction Convention. Sit in front to play, or further back to just enjoy. Leslie Turek (m), Alexis Layton, David Grubbs 3666 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 303A Honoring Great Games What makes a game great, as opposed to just momentarily popular? What—if anything—can Worldcon attendees and the SF&F community do to recognize and honor great games? Perrianne Lurie (m), Kate Baker, Ken Burnside, Patrick Hester, Eleanor Stokes 3669 Friday 4:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—E. C. Ambrose 3672 Friday 4:00pm 30min CC 304 Reading—Katherine Addison 3675 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC 401C SWOC Open Board Meeting Te board of directors of SWOC conducts a periodic board meeting to discuss the business of the 501(c)3 organization. Te meeting is open to all members of the convention and are wel- come to ask questions and make suggestions. Alex von Torn, Jerry Gieseke, Pat Porter, Ari Goldstein, Jason Wodicka 3678 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Narrative Structure and Expectation How do we enter stories? By what techniques do narratives pull us in? How do the expectations we have influence how we respond? I’ll break down some narrative techniques used in openings, and then go on to discuss how openings that match 88 FRIDAY

expectations can encourage us to keep reading while expecta- tions that aren’t fulfilled can sometimes cause us to stop read- ing. How big a part does familiarity play in how well we can understand and adjust to a story? Finally, how do the things that we think we know but may be wrong about (as in history) make it easier or harder to be drawn into a book if our beliefs aren’t met? Kate Elliott 3681 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Moving Beyond the Books: Speculations on the Future Direc- tions of Game of Thrones What happens when this popular TV series moves beyond its source material? Priscilla Olson (m), Alan Boyle, Julie McGalliard, David Peterson, Jason Snell 3684 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Fantasy as Metaphor for Social Issues Fantasy characters/creatures related to modern social issues— half-goblin emporers, racial divisions in LOTR, vampires as people with AIDS in True Blood. How effectively are the experi- ences of various groups presented? Caren Gussoff (m), ElizaBeth Gilligan, Richard Stephens 3687 Friday 4:00pm 1hr CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Cat Greenberg and Tim Grifn Cat Greenberg is a St. Louis-based author, singer, and song- writer who was one-fourth of Te Unusual Suspects, along with her late husband Bari, her daughter Valerie Ritchie, and their friend Mark Ewbank. Tim Griffin is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and cre- dentialed teacher. He runs a nonprofit called “GriffinEd” in which he uses music as a teaching tool. 3690 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Steven Barnes, Jennifer Brozek, Tananarive Due, Scott Edelman, Nancy Jane Moore, John Pitts 3693 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Joe Haldeman Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Joe Haldeman 3696 Friday 4:00pm 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B David Gerrold Speech Our Writer GoH speaks on topics near and dear to him. David Gerrold 3699 Friday 4:15pm 9min CC 205 Howl Of A Good Time—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Patrick Rea Howl of a Good Time follows, “a horror-loving little girl who attempts to sneak into a private screening of fictional horror film ‘Foaming at the Mouth II.’ However, it becomes clear that this isn’t a typical film screening.” 3702 Friday 4:25pm 12min CC 205 Hellyfsh—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Patrick Longstreth America’s only missing nuclear weapon is leaking radioactive material into the ocean just off the coast of Tybee Island, GA. Te trifling existence of a hapless cast is disrupted by a vicious force of nature that shows no mercy. 3705 Friday 4:30pm 5hr CC 202C Masquerade Quickie Repairs A room for that last-minute quick sewing fix for your Masquer- ade costume. Tis will NOT be a full repair setup. We are NOT responsible for getting you to Masquerade checkin on time. You need to get yourself to the Masquerade Green Room in time to compete in the Masquerade. Open to All Masquerade Contestants 3708 Friday 4:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Sarah Pinsker 3711 Friday 4:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Dan Wells FRIDAY 89

3714 Friday 4:40pm 25min CC 205 Spitzendeckchen (Vienna Waits for You)—PG13 Horror—Austria Director: Dominik Hartel After breaking up with her boyfriend Daniel, Anna just wants to hole up somewhere and recover. But she should have had a closer look at the fine-print of her rental contract—for the old Vien- nese apartment is a creature with never ending appetite, living off the youth of its residents. Tere is no escaping it anymore when Anna faces herself in the mirror as an old lady. Unless she delivers a new victim... 3717 Friday 5:00pm 6hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Role-Playing Games with Black Shield Productions Black Shield Productions is a team of high-quality Game Mas- ters running a variety of fun and exciting role-playing events throughout the convention. Come to Salon III to check out the signup sheets and choose from a wide selection of events in a variety of systems and genres. We are ready to provide a fun and exciting role-playing experience to everyone from the new player looking to try out role-playing to long time players who are looking for new and challenging games! Knight Court Continues—See Wednesday 2:00 PM—Midnight for description Black Clad Ninja Half-Elf Attempts to Graduate High School- Graduating high school can be hard, and it’s extra hard when you also have to save the world. Black Clad Ninja Half-Elf Attempts to Graduate High School is a continuously running event that anyone can join or leave at any time. Come play for as long as you want. Come see if you can pass your final exams, thwart nefarious supernatural plots and still make it to prom! Molly Lloyd, Casey Almas, Luke Hutson, Greg Schneider 3720 Friday 5:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Round Robin Writing Workshop—The Craft of Writing Six tables. Six professional writers. Six big writing topics broken into bite-sized bits of pure information for your consumpton: character development, worldbuilding, fictional realism, plot- ting, POV, and action/fight scenes. Whether you’re brand new to the writing world, or just need a brush up on the basics, our Craft of Writing Workshop is for you! To register: send an email to Jessica Rising at jessiswritten- [email protected] with the subject line: Craft Round Robin. In the body, please state if you have any specific questions you’d like our professionals to cover. Registration is limited, and first come, first served. Alaina Ewing (m), Brenda Carre, Diana Pharaoh Francis, Rory Miller, L. E. Modesitt Jr., Ben Seims 3723 Friday 5:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Introduction to Tai Chi Tai Chi practitioners discuss the basics. How can Tai Chi help you? Also, some ideas on how to integrate the principles of Tai Chi and martial arts into fiction—when has it been done cor- rectly and when has it failed miserably? Lori White (m), Steven Barnes, Cecilia A. Eng 3726 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Eric James Stone Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 3729 Friday 5:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes for Dinner Don’t forget to pick them up by 5 3732 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC 300B Tananarive Due’s Short Film: “Danger Word” Tananarive Due (m) 3735 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC 300C Talking Like a Trufan: Fanspeak from the Hectograph to the Web Apas, annishes and avatars. Bems, beanies and blog. Cons, cos- play and crudzines. Tese are the ABCs of fanspeak. Te gostak distims the doshes, but why don’t slans read sci-fi? Don’t know? You’re probably a neo, but longtime fen can learn new definitions 90 FRIDAY

and vocabulary, too. Come and croggle as our panel of WKFs and BNFs explains the arcana of the sf community, argues over etymology and generally displays the art of fansmanship. Go from neo (new fan) to trufan in one hour! Tom Whitmore (m), Mike Glyer, Suford Lewis, Mark L. Olson 3738 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC 300D What’s New from DAW Who and what will be published by DAW over the next year Sheila Gilbert 3741 Friday 5:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Edward M Lerner 3744 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC 303A Game Mastering 101 What are the basic tools and approaches for running a game of D&D, or other role-playing game? What are the fun-ruining pitfalls to avoid? And how can practice as a gamemaster help inform writing, reading or other elements of fandom? Annie Bellet, Brian Campbell, John Welker, W. A. Hawkes-Robinson 3747 Friday 5:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Eric Flint 3750 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC 401C Peggy Rae Sapienza Memorial Paggy Rae Pavlat Sapienza was truly a force of nature. She got people involved in fandom in ways that they had not thought of before. Come hear more about this special woman, and maybe hear a few stories about her that you did not know. Laurie Mann, John Pomeranz, Joe Siclari, Amy Tomson 3753 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Reading—John Scalzi Part of the official Tor-John Scalzi tour! 3756 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Chinese Myths and Traditions in Contemporary Literature of the Fantastic China has a rich mythic tradition going back thousands of years, and these elements show up in contemporary fantasy both in China and the West (e.g., Ken Liu’s Te Grace of Kings and Guy Gavriel Kay’s Under Heaven). How do Chinese authors use these elements different from Western authors? Do these mystic ele- ments occupy a different role in the narratives of the Chinese authors than analogous Western mythic elements in the narra- tives of Western authors? Fei Tang (m), Ken Liu, Setsu Uzume, Regina Kanyu Wang, Hua Li 3759 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C The Future of the Small Press Will the small press still exist? Is it getting stronger because of the Internet? Is the small press still needed? What will the future hold for the small press publisher? Michael J. Walsh (m), Kevin J. Anderson, Yanni Kuznia, Shahid Mahmud 3762 Friday 5:00pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Mary Crowell Mary has a PhD in piano performance. She also has a killer soprano voice, fun material, and brings a touch of elegance to any room. 3765 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Tina Connolly, Ellen Datlow, Susan Forest, Matthew Johnson, Scott Lynch, Susan Palwick, Phyllis Irene Radford 3768 Friday 5:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Greg Bear Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Greg Bear 3771 Friday 5:05pm 8min CC 205 Thresher—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Michael Dahlquist A man locked in a room faces inter-dimensional terror. FRIDAY 91

3774 Friday 5:15pm 14min CC 205 Willa—PG-13 Horror—Germany Director: Helena Hufnagel At a railway station in the middle of nowhere, David is looking for his girlfriend, Willa. Tey were on their way to their own wedding, when an accident stuck them at a small railway station. Now, Willa is missing and none of the other fellow passengers know where she is. Although the next train is so supposed to come any minute, David leaves the railway station to search for Willa. 3777 Friday 5:30pm 5min CC 205 Hush—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Michael G. Kehoe A young woman, Regan, babysits Irene, an 8 year old girl, during a severe storm. Regan falls asleep curled up on the couch down- stairs, unaware of the sinister happenings upstairs. A powerful lightning strike kills the power to the house awakening Regan in total darkness. She fumbles to retrieve a flashlight, and cau- tiously makes her way upstairs to calm a crying Irene. Awake and sitting up in bed, Irene tells Regan that she’s in fear of the sounds in her room. Regan tries assuring her that the thunder is just the “angels bowling up in heaven.” Regan tries to get Irene back to sleep but Irene wants her to search the room. When odd occurrences happen and a malevolent force enters the room, it now becomes a terrifying race to escape the cursed house. 3780 Friday 5:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Cat Rambo 3783 Friday 5:30pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Bill and Brenda Sutton Now living in Indiana, Bill is a charming and engaging per- former, and Brenda is one of the most solid musicians on the planet. Tey’ve been performing acoustic music together and as solo acts for longer than they might want to publicly admit. 3786 Friday 5:35pm 21min CC 205 The Tour—PG-13 Horror—UK Director: Damon Rickard & Alex Mathieson Tis is the story of Darkmoor Manor, a house with a history so steeped in death it has gained the reputation of the most haunted house in England. Closed to the public and now part of a local tour, the tour guide offers to give two American back- packers a personal viewing, a side of England not available in a guide book. Desperate to get closer to the dark secrets buried with its victims, they accept, but do not expect the full horrors that await them inside Darkmoor Manor. Sometimes secrets are best left buried. 3789 Friday 6:00pm 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Sailor Moon Crystal Guardians and the Legendary Silver Crystal work to stop the dark forces of Queen Beryl. 3792 Friday 6:00pm 1hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Whose Plot Is It Anyway? Join our special guests as we test out their Improv Skills. Can they handle what we have in store for them? Awkward Landing Party, Scenes from a Helmet, Props!, and more. Oh my... Audi- ence participation will be highly encouraged. Tim Martin (m), Kyle Elliott, Luke Hutson, Molly Lloyd, Nick Kittilstved 3795 Friday 6:00pm 14min CC 205 Captcha—PG-13 SF&F—UK Director: Edward Tracy Te British Film Institute and Film4 present this film noir thriller with a touch of romance, set in a ‘steam punked’ 1940s London. A spy chooses to betray her mission and save her lover, but once he knows the truth about their deception, can he ever forgive her, let alone love her? 3798 Friday 6:00pm 45min CC 401C Launchpad Meetup Have you attended a past Launchpad? Would you like more 92 FRIDAY

information about Launchpad http://www.launchpadworkshop. org/about/ Doug Farren 3801 Friday 6:00pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Alexander James Adams Professional musician Alexander James Adams has been delight- ing audiences with his Celtic-influenced music for decades. His fiddle playing is amazing, and his singing and guitar playing are fantastic, too. 3804 Friday 6:00pm 8hr CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show Opens 3807 Friday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show Closes 3810 Friday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Artist/Author Alley Artist/Author Alley Closes 3813 Friday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Closes 3816 Friday 6:00pm CC Hall B—Site Selection Site Selection Closes 3819 Friday 6:00pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Rendezvous Join us for a Discworld Fan Meet—Hedgehogs are optional. Patty Panek, Karen Collins, Denise Connell 3822 Friday 6:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Kate Baker Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Kate Baker 3825 Friday 6:15pm 7min CC 205 Curio Shop: A Post Apocalyptic Acid Western—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Eric S. Anderson Everything and everyone in this world is broken….Even time. What starts as a rather whimsical and Mad Hatter-esque story about a watch maker who has no concept of time, slowly grows darker and more disturbing with each scene, descending through the looking glass to a place where characters transform and harden. Oliver and John are two lonely survivors in a decayed frontier, drawn inexorably together by a web of shattering family secrets. When the watchmaker fashions a bizarre weapon for John, it opens a surrealistic Pandora’s Box, engulfing everyone in a fever dream with no clear exit. 3828 Friday 6:20pm 45min CC 203 Blows Against the Empire (1970)—PG Hippies steal a spaceship and head off to new worlds in a Hugo-nominated rock opera. 3831 Friday 6:30pm 19min CC 205 Death of a Shadow—PG-13 SF&F—UK Director: Tom Van Avermaet Stuck in a limbo between life and death, Nathan Rijckx, a deceased World War I soldier, has to collect shadows to regain a second chance at life and love. With two shadows left to collect, he discovers something that shakes his world completely. 3834 Friday 6:50pm 9min CC 205 Fragment—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Noah Griffith “A fighter jet breaks up over the desert. A mysterious radio bea- con draws the pilot from the crash site. A discovery is waiting. And it is not of this Earth.” Made for $6,000, FRAGMENT is Noah Griffith & Daniel Stewart’s love letter to classic scifi, focusing on atmosphere over VFX. 3837 Friday 7:00pm 26min CC 205 I Remember The Future—PG-13 SF&F—Australia Director: Klayton Stainer During a visit from his estranged daughter, an elderly writer struggles with his fading mind and the future. FRIDAY 93

3840 Friday 7:00pm 2hr 30min CC 206BCD Games for Children’s Program 3843 Friday 7:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Re-Opens 3846 Friday 7:00pm 45min CC 207 Pluto Isn’t Just a Disney Dog Pluto has now been explored! Join scientists to see what NASA has learned about the famous icy world on the edge of our Solar System. Bill Higgins, Guy Consolmagno 3849 Friday 7:00pm 2hr CC 300C Reading—Broad Universe 3852 Friday 7:00pm 1hr CC 302AB The Wired Brain Science is making surprisingly fast progress at interfacing elec- tronics with the human brain, allowing men and women to send sights, sounds, touch in and out of their minds, to computers, and perhaps to each other. Ramez Naam, author of Nexus, gives a whirlwind tour of the frontier of the ultimate Human Com- puter Interface, and how it will change all of us. Ramez Naam 3855 Friday 7:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A What’s New in the World of Dinosaurs? Dinosaur paleontology has exploded recently. Every week seems to bring us a new species or information about old friends. Bron- tosaurus is back! Come here about what is new in our under- standing of dinosaurs and life in the Mesozoic. Michael Swanwick (m), Charlotte Lewis Brown 3858 Friday 7:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Looking at Star Trek from the Very Beginning Star Trek is so embedded in the culture, it’s easy to forget that there was almost no serious science fiction on TV in the mid- ’60s. Both Twilight Zone and Outer Limits were off the air and Irwin Allen’s Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea tended to be aimed at kids. So what were people expecting when Star Trek hit the airwaves? How long was it before “I Grok Spock” and “Live Long and Prosper” buttons started popping up? How did “latter day Trekkies” approach the series differently from original viewers? Stephen Segal (m), Linda Deneroff, Daniel Kimmel 3861 Friday 7:00pm 2hr CC Breezeway/Statue Pub Crawl Visit some of the local pubs with crawl organizer Barry Ger- aghty and Sasquan panelists Brenda Clough & Stefan Rudnicki. Limited to 20, advance sign-up required. Requires advance sign-up via mobile app or Web (https://sites. grenadine.co/sites/sasquan/en/attendees/sign_in) or at the Information Booth in Exhibit Hall D. Brenda Clough, Stefan Rudnicki 3864 Friday 7:00pm 5hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Masquerade Viewing Seating for viewing the Masquerade on a large screen in Gui- nan’s Place opens at 7pm. 3867 Friday 7:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Closes 3870 Friday 7:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers/Accessibility Close 3873 Friday 7:30pm 9min CC 205 The Trial—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Philip Arnold & Mark Player Science-fiction thriller where medically augmented, mind-read- ing ‘Detectives’ ascertain the guilt or innocence of criminal suspects through their memories. 3876 Friday 7:40pm 18min CC 205 On/Of—PG-13 SF&F—France On/Off – SF&F—France Director: Tierry Lorenzi Obsessed by a mysterious voice message, astronaut Meredith 94 FRIDAY

will face its paradoxical condition in order to stay connected to his humanity. 3879 Friday 8:00pm 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Fairy Tail Across the Fiore kingdom, wizards join guilds and make their pay by filling magical needs—but one guild has a reputation as the roughest, rowdiest, most dangerous of all: Fairy Tail! 3882 Friday 8:00pm 6hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Magic the Gathering Tournament with Brandon Sanderson Brandon loves playing Magic the Gathering. Brandon enjoys it so much that when he travels, he often puts out the word that he’s up for a game. Now Brandon is here for Sasquan, and he’s not just putting out the word, he’s offered us a tournament. So, come out and play in a MtG tournament with Brandon Sand- erson! Did somebody say prizes? Why yes we did! Per Brandon, this will be a “Booster Draft”. Seats are limited to 15 players, and please note that there will be an additional $25 fee to participate in this event. Brandon Sanderson (m) 3885 Friday 8:00pm 4hr DAV Suite 819 Meet the Fan Fund Delegate Meet Nina Horvath from Austria, the 2015 Trans Atlantic Fan Fund delegate; discover why fans around the world contributed to bring her here; and learn about the fan funds. Nina Horvath 3888 Friday 8:00pm 10min CC 205 The Fantastic Death of Barry Schmidt—PG-17 SF&F—USA Director: Zach Hardy Tammy’s on the rag… and fifty feet tall! Now everyone is pulling out, except for love-struck Jesse, who’s not afraid of a little blood. 3891 Friday 8:00pm 4hr CC INB Performing Arts Center Masquerade, Featuring Tom Smith Guest Concert Te Worldcon Masqueradeis a judged costuming competition and stage show. Entrants are divided into divisions based on the costuming skill levels of the participants. Kevin Roche will be the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. We will be using the International Costumers’ Guild (ICG) Fairness Guidelines Division System for entries. Guest of Honor Tom Smith will perform his Guest Concert during judging. Kevin Roche (m), Tom Smith 3894 Friday 8:10pm 23min CC 205 Meet Your Maker—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Justin Francart A sci-fi short concerning a physicist whose experiments with a particle collider make him the unwitting arbiter of cosmic creation and destruction. Modeled after golden-age anthology television, Meet Your Maker is a retro vision of contemporary science, its myth-drunk detractors, and the collision of the rational mind with the ambiguous nature of the universe. 3897 Friday 8:35pm 1hr 30min CC 205 Of Dice and Men—PG-17 (Strong Language) SF&F Feature—USA Director: Kelley Slagle Few dungeon masters can make the game come to life better than John Francis. Dwarves, Mages and Barbarians jump right off of their character sheets whenever he sits down at the gam- ing table of frisky suburbanite parents, Linda and Brandon. John Francis’ best friends, sailor-mouthed John Alex and thoughtful jock Jason, bring roguish swagger and knightly nobility to the game. And the object of John Francis’ affection, the feisty Tara, provides all the Half Elven Double Princess backstory they could ever need. But when Jason enlists to go to Iraq and with the rela- tionship with Tara going nowhere, it may be time for John Fran- cis to hang up his twenty sided dice and take a job on the other side of the country. However, John Francis is about to discover that leaving will prove tougher than the Tomb of Horrors. FRIDAY 95

3900 Friday 10:00pm 2hr DBT Shades Conference Room Poker Chip Bardic—Friday Tis combines the spontanaiety of chaos with the fairness of a bardic circle. Everyone is given a colored poker chip. When you want to perform or request a song, you toss your poker chip in the middle of the room. When all poker chips of one color have been tossed, folks move onto another color. (Note: Start time is approximate, depending upon when Tom Smith’s concert ends.) Barry Gold, Lee Gold 3903 Friday 10:00pm 4hr DAV Marie Antoinette Ballroom Friday Night Fusion Dance Join us for a casual evening of Blues and Fusion dancing, hosted by Lilli Ann and Claire Carey from Dance for Joy!in Seattle. Come as you are, with or without a partner – no experience nec- essary. Tere will be a pre-dance lesson where they’ll teach you the delicious art of the Blues connection and basic Blues steps as well as how to develop a creatively inspired Fusion dance. Ten we’ll dance the night away. Lilli Ann Carey, Claire Carey 3906 Friday 10:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes Children’s Program will close when the Masquerade breaks for Judging, probably around 9:30 or 10. 3909 Friday 10:00pm CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Closes 3912 Friday 10:00pm CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Closes Closing may be extended if the Masquerade runs past 10:00pm. 3915 Friday 10:30pm 2hr 30min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Attack on Titan Adult content. When the man-eating giants called Titans first appeared, humans retreated behind massive walls. After a hun- dred years of safety, a colossal-sized Titan smashes through the defenses. Eren Jaeger watches helplessly as one of the creatures devours his mother, and he vows to kill every titan that walks the earth. 3918 Friday 11:00pm 8hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Homestuck Sleepover! Te title pretty much says it all. Hang out with fellow Homestucks all night long! Emily Sandoval (m), Cisily Sandoval, Joei Sandoval 3921 Friday 11:55pm DBT 12th Floor Childcare Closes 96 SATURDAY Highlights t
WSFS Business Meeting (Site Selection) 10am, 300B t
SuperScienceSaturday 10am, Hall C—Flex Space t
Brad Foster Guest Presentation: His Art 11am, Bays 111A t
Vonda N. McIntyre Guest Interview 3pm, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B t
Writing About Controversies 3pm, Bays 111A t
Hugo Awards Ceremony 8pm, INB Performing Arts Center t
Time Travelers’ Ball 11pm, Marie Antoinette Ballroom

4003 Saturday 12:00am 24hr DBT 15th foor—Presidental Suite Con Suite—The Tempus Fugit Cafe Remains Open Te Con Suite is open for members to stop up and have a snack. 4006 Saturday 1:00am 3hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Tokyo ESP Adult content. Rinka’s life takes a turn for the extraordinary when she witnesses a penguin and a school of fish flying through the air. After catching up to one of the fish, she passes out and wakes up to find herself suddenly granted supernatural powers. 4009 Saturday 4:00am 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Xamd: Lost Memories Adult content. Mecha, fantasy and steampunk collide in this benchmark anime. When Akiyuki’s school bus is attacked, he’s transformed into frightening and powerful Xamd. Akiyuki must discover how to master this remarkable new power, or risk hav- ing this mysterious fusion of rock, metal and magic destroy him. 4012 Saturday 9:00am 5hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Special Efects/FX Demo by Rayce Bird Rayce Bird, winner of the second season of SyFy’s Face/Off, is in the house; and he will be presenting a Special Effects Make-up demonstration from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. If you haven’t seen his work on Face/Off, then you really need to... http://www.ray- cebird.com Drop in and marvel at his amazing creation.. Rayce Bird 4015 Saturday 9:00am 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Building Nil: Children’s Garbage Art Work- shop Calling all kids! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a whole world of STUFF to build and create with? From old cardboard boxes to lost motherboards, to a lampshde without a lamp? Metal thingamajgs and plastic whatchamacalits you can’t even name? What would YOU create? A flying machine? A work of art? A killer costume? Tere is no limit to what your imagi- nation can do when you enter the world of post-apocalyptic Nil, where there are no adults and every Kid earns their name. Jessica Rising (m), Cisily Sandoval, Emily Sandoval, Joei Sandoval, Shelley Martin, Tim Martin, Molly Severens 4018 Saturday 9:00am 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Black Ribboners Meetup Meetup for Discworld fans in recovery. 4021 Saturday 9:00am 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite D Friends of Bill W. Meetup Meetup for people in recovery 4024 Saturday 9:00am 45min CC Breezeway/Statue Stroll with the Stars A gentle morning stroll with some of your favorite authors, art- ists and editors. Meeting each morning at 9AM in the Breeze- SATURDAY 97

way between the INB Teater and the Convention Center (check your map), and returning in time for 10AM programming. Stu Segal (m), Kevin J. Anderson, Troy Bucher, Vincent Docherty, Doug Farren, Toni Weisskopf, Connie Willis, Elizabeth Leggett 4027 Saturday 9:00am 10hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Opens At-the-door and pre-registered attendees can pick up their badges. Bring along a photo ID to pick up your badge if you’ve preregistered for the con. 4030 Saturday 9:00am 10hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers/Accessibility Open Have a question about Sasquan or Spokane? Need to sign up for an item requiring advance sign-up? Willing to give the con- vention a hand? Need help with accessibility issues? Stop by the Information Booth and ask. 4033 Saturday 9:30am 14hr 20min DBT 12th Floor Childcare Opens Your child(ren) must be registered with the convention through Registration in Hall D of the Convention Center (whether with Child/Family memberships or as Kids- in Tow) before they can be booked into the KiddieCorp service on the 12th floor of the Doubletree. Depending on the type of membership your child has, there may be a fee for Childcare. Note that Childcare closes at midnight tonight. No child may spend longer than 10 hours per day in Childcare. To sign up for Childcare, go to https:// www.kiddiecorp.com/sasquankids.htm 4036 Saturday 10:00am 3hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Animal Farm and UPA Jolly Frolics UPA Jolly Frolics Feature Film—Animal Farm (1954) In this animated film based on George Orwell’s novel, animals on drunken Mr. Jones’ (Maurice Denham) farm, led by prize hog Old Major (also Denham), gather to discuss their abuse. Old Major exhorts the animals to rebel. Boxer the horse, donkey Benjamin, pigs Snowball and Napoleon and the others agree, and when Old Major dies, they turn against Jones. But Napoleon secretly raises a group of puppies to do his bidding, and over time the efficiently run farm falters as Napoleon schemes to take over. 4039 Saturday 10:00am 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Your First Worldcon? Welcome to the Science Fiction Com- munity An orientation seminar for new Worldcon goers on what the con is about and what to do this weekend to make the most of it. Have fun! Gay Haldeman, Jeanne Mealy, Gregory Gadow 4042 Saturday 10:00am 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 07 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Jennifer L. Carson (m), Kay Kenyon, William Campbell Powell 4045 Saturday 10:00am 3hr CC 201B Writers Workshop section 16 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Lori White (m), Brenda Cooper, G. David Nordley, Grá Linnaea 4048 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Michelle Sagara Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4051 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Carol Berg Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 98 SATURDAY

4054 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Teddy Harvia Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4057 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—James Van Pelt Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4060 Saturday 10:00am 1hr 40min CC 202C Beadwork projects—a “Stitch and Bitch” Session Do you enjoy working with beads? Want to sit, create, show and tell, discuss and learn a bit? Native American beading isn’t taught class style, we just get together and make things. Mir Plemmons 4063 Saturday 10:00am 1hr 5min CC 203 The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd: Season 6 part 1 (2007) Dr. Floyd keeps thwarting the evil plans of Dr. Steve, no matter what the era! With an appearance by Joel Hodgson as Black- beard the pirate. Presented courtesy of Te Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd (doc- torfloyd.com). 4066 Saturday 10:00am 9min CC 205 On The Edge of Oblivion—PG-13 Fan Film—France Director: Jordan Inconstant Jack Sparrow, Captain of the Black Pearl, seeks a fabulous trea- sure on the island of Muerta. Tis objective will soon be upset when Barbossa triggers a mutiny against Jack and takesthe Pearl by storm. Sparrow finds himself landed on a deserted island to die. 4069 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 206A Crazy Hair, Wild Braids, Neon Streaks, and More Fun things you can do to your hair: streaks, tips, neons, metal- lics and more. From fantasy hair to steampunk designs. Janine Wardale, John Wardale 4072 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 206BCD Tai Chi Morning stretches and exercises. Cecilia A. Eng 4075 Saturday 10:00am 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Opens Activities for children from 6–12 who are Sasquan members or Kids-in-Tow. We have a program for the full weekend involving art, crafts, games, science, magic, story-telling and music, and a bit of space for children to enjoy. See http://sasquan.org/pro- gram/kids-and-young-adult/ for details. 4078 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 207 Dawn of the Asteroid Belt: Exploring Vesta and Ceres Asteroids are relics of the ancient Solar System. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft orbited Vesta for a year. Now its ion thrusters have propelled it across the Asteroid Belt to Ceres, the largest aster- oid, where Dawn has again entered orbit. Join Bill Higgins to explore Dawn’s findings at Vesta and its plans for doing science at Ceres. Bill Higgins, Guy Consolmagno 4081 Saturday 10:00am 2hr 45min CC 300B WSFS Business Meeting (Site Selection) Joining Sasquan made you a member of the World Science Fiction Society, the organization that has sponsored Worldcon since 1939. WSFS holds its business meeting annually at World- con, making the rules that govern Worldcons and the Hugo Awards. Every attending member of Sasquan is welcome to attend the meeting, participate in debates, and vote. Te results of the 2017 Worldcon Site Selection will be announced at the start of today’s Site Selection Meeting, followed by a presenta- tion by the winning Worldcon and Question Time for the 2016 Worldcon and bids for the 2018 Worldcons. Following that we expect to recess for the traditional Worldcon Chairs Photo Ses- sion. Following the Photo Session, it is possible that the meeting will reconvene to continue debate on proposals not disposed of at the first Main Meeting. SATURDAY 99

At some point after 11:00am, we will assemble the former World- con Chairs attending Sasquan and take a group photograph. Jared Dashoff, Kevin Standlee, Linda Deneroff, Donald Eastlake, Lisa Hayes, Jesi Pershing, Joyce Reynolds-Ward 4084 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 300D Super Science Saturday: The Future of Aging Will stem cells and nanotechnology have an impact on how we age? If we live longer, will the quality of our lives be better? Will we really be able to eliminate the diseases attributed to age? Or will they still be around? Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe 4087 Saturday 10:00am 30min CC 301 Reading—James Glass 4090 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 302AB Retrospective: Kathy Sanders Kathy Sanders won the International Costumers’ Guild (ICG) Lifetime Achievement Award this year. Come see her award winning costumes that helped her earn that award. Kathy Sanders 4093 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 303A Podcasts for Young Adults Adults love podcasts and podcasting, but what about teens? Is there a market for YA podcasts and where can kids find cool new content? What topics, guests and issues should podcasts for younger listeners address? What about kids who want to create their own podcasts? Your in luck! Our panelists will also share tips for teens who want to create their own podcasts. Mur Lafferty (m), Jason Snell, Dan Wells 4096 Saturday 10:00am 30min CC 303B Reading—Walter H. Hunt 4099 Saturday 10:00am 30min CC 304 Reading—Cheryce Clayton 4102 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC 401C What Every Fan Should Know About Fandom When is a science-ficton lover not an sf fan? Te word “fandom” pre-dates science-fiction fandom; its use as a term of art for our community often generates confusion about who and what “fan- dom” encompasses. Panelists discuss highlights of the fandom that birthed Worldcon in the 1930s, how we got from then to Sasquan, and the most important characteristics and traditions of fen. Joe Siclari (m), John Hertz, Mike Resnick, Roger Sims, Toni Weisskopf 4105 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC Bays 111A Reading—Tananarive Due 4108 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC Bays 111B Beyond Superheroes: SF and Fantasy Comics Comics are more than superheroes. Tere have been and are many SF and fantasy comics, ranging from Sandman to Astro City, from Adam Strange to Fables. What SF and fantasy comics should all fans—even those who aren’t comics fans—know? Brenda Clough (m), Kurt Busiek, Scott Edelman, Mark Van Name 4111 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC Bays 111C The Limits Of Crowdfunding Kickstarter and other online crowdfunding sites have created an explosion of new games and game companies, but have also resulted in some embarrassing failures. Our panelists talk about the risks and perils in crowdfunding your gaming project, and discuss whether we have reached the limits of what crowdfund- ing efforts can support. Patrick Hester, Charlie Reeves 4114 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC Conference Theater 110 The Range of the Small Press Small presses publish more than just limited editions of books. We have small press magazines, art, even audio books. People who manage different types of small presses will discuss some of the similarities and some of the differences in their publishing worlds. Jennifer Brozek (m), Neil Clarke, Brad Foster, Rebecca Moesta, Kristine Rusch 100 SATURDAY

4117 Saturday 10:00am 2hr CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show Opens Exhibition of art from around the world. 4120 Saturday 10:00am 3hr 35min CC Hall A—Artist/Author Alley Artist/Author Alley Opens Stop by to watch an artist or author work, and perhaps buy one of their works. Saturday morning; Michele Ellington, John Picacio 4123 Saturday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Opens Te Sasquan Dealer Room has your stuff! Tat latest science fiction novel that just came out you’ve been meaning to buy, the right hat for your costume, the shiny pretty thing you didn’t know you wanted until you saw it...the Dealers Room has that! 4126 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Jefrey A. Carver, David Hartwell, Esther Jones, David Peterson, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Sara Stamey 4129 Saturday 10:00am 12hr CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Opens Exhibit Hall C is home to the Fan Exhibits, Worldcon Exhibits, daytime Fan Lounge, Guinan’s Place: Bar & Lounge, Super Sci- ence Saturday and more! Not all parts of the hall may be open when Hall C is open. Note: Hall C may be open later tonight if the Hugo Awards Cer- emony runs past 10:00pm. 4132 Saturday 10:00am 8hr CC Hall C—Flex Space Super Science Saturday Super Science Saturday is a day of exhibits and talks in Hall C, from 10 until 6. Demonstration: Evolutionary Robotics by Dr. Terry Soule Smartphone powered robots whose behaviors evolve to imitate human supplied examples, allowing people to train robots rather than having to program them. Display: Viruses: Magnified by the Imagination by Dr. Holly Wichman Sculptures constructed from crystals, glass beads, stones and miscellaneous props inspired by mathematically-defined viral structures. Demonstration: Mobius Science Center & Children’s Museum Te show will use audience participation and highlight exper- iments and demonstrations using Tesla coils, Van Der Graaf Generators, Supersonic ping pong ball cannons, and chemical experiments that go “BOOM.” Display: Posters by undergraduate and graduate students about their research. A prize will be given for the poster that best com- municates science to the general public. And there are many science talks scheduled throughout the Convention Center. Terry Soule, Holly Wichman 4135 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100A Tai Chi Learn some Tai Chi from an expert! Steven Barnes 4138 Saturday 10:00am 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B From Middle Earth to Westeros: Fantasy Worldbuilding Building a believable world, with believable geography, culture, and rules, is at least as important in fantasy as it is in SF. Te panel looks at how to create fantasy worlds, citing examples of the good (and maybe the not so good). Martha Wells (m), Matthew Johnson, Mary Soon Lee, Michael Swanwick, Pat Cadigan 4141 Saturday 10:10am 5min CC 205 T.R.A.N.C.E.—PG-13 Fan Film—USA Director: Johnny K. Wu Te Doctor must try to stop a dimension takeover. 4144 Saturday 10:15am 20min CC 205 Prelude to Axanar—PG-13 Fan Film—USA Director: Christian Gossett Prelude to Axanar is an independent Star Trek project that tells the story of Captain Kirk’s hero, Garth of Izar, during the war SATURDAY 101

between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. It is shot as a documentary and is the back story for the forthcoming feature “Axanar.” 4147 Saturday 10:30am 30min CC 301 Reading—Ken Liu 4150 Saturday 10:30am 30min CC 303B Reading—Laura Anne Gilman 4153 Saturday 10:30am 30min CC 304 Reading—Roger Sims 4156 Saturday 10:35am 28min CC 205 Predator: Dark Ages—PG-13 Fan Film—UK Director: James Bushe Follows a group of war-torn Templar knights who are put to the test against a strange beast that stalks the lands of England. Tis battle is what Myths and Legends are made of. 4159 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 201C Art Demo—Alan F. Beck Alan F. Beck 4162 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—John Scalzi Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4165 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Charles Stross Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4168 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—John Berlyne Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4171 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Jef Sturgeon Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4174 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 206A Costume Design for Writers Designing real clothing for your characters that will fit the need of your story which allows your characters to move, indicate rank if needed, and give people an idea of your society. E. C. Ambrose (m), Tanglwyst de Holloway, Annalee Flower Horne, Sandra Pettinger 4177 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 206BCD Coiled Basket Weaving Bobbie Benton Hull 4180 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 207 Magic Show Daniel Dern 4183 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 300D Super Science Saturday: Antimatter in Science – A Journey from Detecting Nothing to Reaching the Stars What do research and engineering tools to detect atomic-sized voids or really “nothing” in materials have in common with attempts to reach the stars? Antimatter. I will present an over- view of current research with one particle of antimatter – the positron – and the work in harnessing the potential of anti- matter for space travel. Tree fundamental challenges separate antimatter science fiction and science fact: generation, storage, and conversion to propulsion. Marc Weber 4186 Saturday 11:00am 30min CC 301 Reading—Erin Lale 4189 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 302AB The Craft of Short Fiction Short fiction is very different from novels, both for readers and writers. A group of writers of short fiction talk about their approaches, and how those approaches differ from how a writer handles longer works. Eileen Gunn (m), Daryl Gregory, Jack Skillingstead, Eric James Stone 102 SATURDAY

4192 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 303A Long Live the Legion A look at and appreciation of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Priscilla Olson, Tom Galloway 4195 Saturday 11:00am 30min CC 303B Reading—Darlene Marshall 4198 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC 401C Humor in Teen and Middle Grade Fiction Humor within young adult and middle grade fiction is abundant. What is it about the bending of these genres with humor that works so well? Why are we drawn to tales that make us laugh? Our panelists take a walk on the lighter side of speculative fiction for children and teens as they dish about their favorite authors, books, and stories. Frog Jones (m), Gail Carriger, Kaja Foglio, Nichole Giles 4201 Saturday 11:00am 1hr CC Bays 111A Brad Foster Guest Presentation: His Art Join Brad as he shows you snippets from his decades of creating art. Brad Foster 4204 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111B Building My First Lightsaber: From Smalltown Fanboy to International Bestselling Author New York Times-bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson describes his journey from being a fanboy in a small Wisconsin farming town to being an international bestselling author working with Star Wars, X-Files, Dune, DC Comics, and the rock band Rush. Kevin J. Anderson 4207 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111C The Future of Publishing Over the last 20 years, the publishing industry has changed dra- matically, moving away from traditional models to online sales, self-publishing and ebooks. What could the next 20 years bring? Toni Weisskopf (m), Taiyo Fujii, Beth Meacham, Robert J. Sawyer, Zaza Koshkadze 4210 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC Conference Theater 110 The Alien Among Us: The Fiction of C.J. Cherryh C.J. Cherryh has long been a master of creating alien societies (and often at showing how we can be the aliens). Te panel explores her fiction and her influence on the field. Chip Hitchcock (m), Jack Campbell, Ann Leckie, Jo Walton 4213 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Susan A Bolich, Sarina Dorie, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Steven Gould, Randy Henderson, Nina Horvath 4216 Saturday 11:00am 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Vonda McIntyre’s Dreamsnake Over 35 years after it was published, Vonda McIntyre’s Dreamsnake is a se...an ovular award-winning novel of a healer’s quest on a post-apocalyptic planet to help care for people and to find a new snake with healing properties. Our panel discusses why this is such an important book and why you should under- take a quest to find it (as it’s currently out of print). Dreamsnake won the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Locus Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the National Book Award for Best Sci- ence Fiction Novel. Madeleine Robins (m), Elizabeth Bear, Molly Gloss, Alan Stewart 4219 Saturday 11:05am 35min CC 203 Hammer Chillers: “The Box” (2013) Te Box is a simple exercise in a safety training course. So why do some people emerge from it claiming they’ve had experiences which are clearly impossible? Presented courtesy of Bafflegab Productions (bafflegab.co.uk). 4222 Saturday 11:05am 54min CC 205 Rocket Man and the Aerial Fortress—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Wade Chitwood Directors will introduce the film, Q&A to follow. Rocket Man and the Aerial Fortress’—Bumbling hero, Rocket Man, saves the United Sates from a menacing Prussian Airship. Wade Chitwood, Andrea Garland SATURDAY 103

4225 Saturday 11:30am 30min CC 301 Reading—Mark Van Name 4228 Saturday 11:30am 30min CC 303B Reading—Mike Resnick 4231 Saturday 11:30am 30min CC 304 Reading—Rhiannon Held 4234 Saturday 11:40am 1hr 45min CC 203 Tallington: Episodes 5–7 (2014)—PG As time becomes more and more scrambled, the Tallington team realizes their enemy is operating from an alternate dimension. Presented courtesy of We Are Not Alone (wearenotalone.co.uk). 4237 Saturday 12:00pm 2hr 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT)—Session 1 Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) is used in order to capitalize on the strategic or tactical advantages which pos- session or control of a particular urban area gives or to deny these advantages to the enemy. SFC Clay Cooper will take you through a specific element of MOUT training: room clearing. Learn how the US military does it and apply it to your stories and/or game scenarios. Subject matter expert, Sergeant First Class Clay Cooper (US Army Retired) will present, and take you through hands-on training to help you capture first hand the experiences of negotiating urban environments. Clay Cooper 4240 Saturday 12:00pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Karl Schroeder 4243 Saturday 12:00pm 1hr DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Songwriting 101 Workshop: Master songwriters Bill and Brenda Sutton talk about what makes a good song and help participants create their own music. 4246 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Gail Carriger Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4249 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Kaja & Phil Foglio Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4252 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Joshua Bilmes Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4255 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 202C Make your own Dragon Wings Teresa Halbert, Seattle textile artist extraordinaire, leads this hands-on demonstration on how to make your own dragon wings to add to your own artwork. Teresa will show you a tech- nique with heat sealing to avoid raw edges and seam allowances, making the process quick and easy! Heated elements will be used. Participants must be ages 15 and up. On-site registration limited to 10 attendees per workshop. Teresa Halbert 4258 Saturday 12:00pm 1hr 40min CC 205 Predestination—R SF&F—USA Director: Michael & Peter Spierig Keith Kato will introduce the film, Q&A to follow in 201C. PREDESTINATION chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of timetravel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. Keith G. Kato, Michael Sheffield, Steven Barnes 4261 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 206A Steampunk Tools Demonstration Steampunking does not require a machine shop or workshop. You can punk up your stuff in your apartment. Find out what small, simple, and practical tools you can use to punk up stuff. 104 SATURDAY

Towards the end of the session, learn how to use a jeweler’s saw to best effect. Matthew Dockrey (m) 4264 Saturday 12:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes for Lunch Don’t forget—your kids need lunch, too! 4267 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 300C Fantasy Creation for the Bold What are some of the bolder and more interesting worldbuilding decisions you’ve made? What kind of details, often neglected, can end up being extremely important? How do you make use of historical knowledge and anthropological insights to free your worlds rather than constraining them to well-trodden paths? Te dialog discusses techniques and approaches that have paid off as well as pitfalls and traps. Ken Liu, Kate Elliott 4270 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 300D Super Science Saturday: The Future of the Economy Although economics often deals with money, it is what money represents that gives economics its descriptive power. Money is the value that humans assign to a product, service or idea within a context of competitors, allies, and constraints. Come explore what is possible and probable to occur in the next 100 years of human existence, based on technological, social, political and extraterrestrial developments and how humans might react to them. Ethan Spangler (m), Ryan Bain, Gregory Astill 4273 Saturday 12:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Heather Rose Jones 4276 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 302AB Who Painted That??? How can you tell who the artist is? Ever look at a book and won- der who painted that wonderful—or awful—cover? Our panel will show you how as they guess the artists for a selection of artworks—and explain the clues that they are using. Te team of artists and art aficionados will match images with their creators (audience participation encouraged) or embarrass themselves trying! Mark L. Olson (m), Joe Siclari, Karen Haber, Tom Whitmore 4279 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 303A YA and Middle Grade Writers Resource Round Table Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction writers often have unique needs when it comes to writing, publishing and marketing. What resources are available? Where can writers go to get help or to get their questions answered? Members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the Sci- ence Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) come together to share information about available resources. Deby Fredericks (m), Rebecca Moesta, Jenn Reese, Jessica Rising 4282 Saturday 12:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Scott Lynch 4285 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC 401C The Future of “Back to the Future”—Where’s My Flying Skateboard? In 1985 Marty McFly set the dial on the DeLorean to 30 years in the future. Does our 2015 bear any resemblance to the 2015 of “Back to the Future”? Where have we gone wrong...and where have we gone right? Stephen Segal (m), Troy Bucher, Doug Farren, Megan Frank 4288 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A The Turtle Moves—Discworld in the Round World Anne Hoppe has been Terry Pratchett’s YA editor since 2001. Join Anne and friends for a discussion of how the Discworld has been received in both America and abroad, and how Discworld fans have found one another over the years, and created some great events and guilds. We’ll have a Q&A towards the end of the panel. Denise Connell, Anne Hoppe 4291 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Visible Diversity in Current SF Is science fiction becoming more diverse? Where can we find the SATURDAY 105

diverse writers we need? How can we make speculative fiction more diverse, both in terms of the content and writers? Mark Oshiro (m), Arthur Chu, Cheryce Clayton, Cynthia Felice 4294 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Fantasy and Supernatural Noir Dark speculative and (frequently) dark detective works are best-sellers these days. Our panel talks about earlly supernatural noir and where it’s headed now. Diana Pharaoh Francis, Richard Kadrey, Katherine Addison, John Pitts 4297 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC Conference Theater 110 Alien Linguistics Science fiction and fantasy often deals with alien or made-up languages. What makes a convincing language? What can we learn about creating such languages from the diversity of human languages? David Peterson (m), Annalee Flower Horne, Lawrence M. Schoen, Julia Smith, Stanley Schmidt 4300 Saturday 12:00pm CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show Closes 4303 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—James C. Glass, Belinda McBride, Patricia Nagle, Melinda Snodgrass, Michael Swanwick 4306 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Fan Exhibits Guided Tour of Discworld Exhibits Join Richard Stephens on a tour of the Discworld-related exhibits Richard Stephens 4309 Saturday 12:00pm 10hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Opens Guinan’s Place: Cabaret, Watering Hole & Bar features music and other events during Worldcon. You are welcome to sit in the lounge when the bar is not open. You may purchase food in the Hall D snack bar and bring it into the lounge when Hall C is open. Guinan’s may be open late if the Hugo Ceremony lasts after 10:00pm. “Last call” is a half hour before the bar closes. 4312 Saturday 12:00pm 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Virtually Dr. Kjell Lindgren Our Special Guest, Dr. Kjell Lindgren, is unable to attend Sas- quan since he’s currently in orbit on the International Space Station. But even if we don’t have him in person, NASA is pre- senting a number of pre-recorded videos with Kjell, and our guest from NASA Jenny Knotts. 4315 Saturday 12:30pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Steven Gould 4318 Saturday 12:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Phyllis Irene Radford 4321 Saturday 12:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Guy Consolmagno 4324 Saturday 12:30pm 30min CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Cabaret Concert: Sharon King 4327 Saturday 1:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Witches, Werewolves, Seamstresses and Soldiers—The Wom- en of Discworld Uppity Women Unite—Te women of the Discworld are immensely fascinating, unusually talented and wonderfully complex. Terry Pratchett was a brilliant humanist who liked women-as-people, and the characters he created—good, evil, and on a bad day very close to cackling—have intrigued us throughout the emergence of this series. Over the years, fans have come to love these women with their humor, their flaws, and their hard won knowledge about the uses of power. Join us for a discussion on the (almost) infinite variety of these magnif- icent characters. Denise Connell (m), Aliette de Bodard, Anne Hoppe, Charlotte Lewis Brown, Patty Panek 4330 Saturday 1:00pm 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 08 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to 106 SATURDAY

hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Gerri Balter (m), E. C. Ambrose, Walter H. Hunt 4333 Saturday 1:00pm 3hr CC 201B Writers Workshop section 17 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. P. C. Hodgell, John Pitts, Michael Swanwick 4336 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Alvaro Zinos-Amaro Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4339 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Mur Laferty Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4342 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—David D. Levine Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4345 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Martha Wells Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4348 Saturday 1:00pm 1hr 15min CC 300A Masquerade Show & Tell If you were in the Masquerade, bring or wear your costume, or parts of your costume, to this panel and have the chance to talk about your creative process, plus how your entry came to be. Audience members may take photos. Te Masquerade staff may return documentation to the entrants. Sharon Sbarsky (m), Torrey Stenmark 4351 Saturday 1:00pm 2hr CC 300B SFWA Business Meeting Jennifer Brozek, Susan Forest, Matthew Johnson, Sarah Pinsker, Cat Rambo, Bud Sparhawk 4354 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC 300C Diversity within YA & Middle Grade Fiction Everyone is talking about diversity within science fiction and fantasy, but how are we doing with diversity within the young adult and middle grade subgenres? What writers should we be reading? What characters should we be looking to as examples? And what new fiction are we looking forward to reading? Fonda Lee (m), Wesley Chu, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Kate Elliott, Cynthia Ward 4357 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC 300D Super Science Saturday: Written in the Rocks, the Geological History of Spokane and the Inland Empire An exploration of the geological development of the Inland Empire within the context of the overall development of Wash- ington State. Te presentation will highlight Spokane area landmarks and geological features that have analogs to those on other planets. April Faires 4360 Saturday 1:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Walidah Imarisha 4363 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC 302AB Archiving for the Future What should we, as the science-fiction community, be saving? How do museums handle curating exhibits? What are some of the similarities between managing physical objects and manag- ing data? Gwen Whiting (m), Leslie Johnston, Brooks Peck, Pierre Pettinger Jr, Joe Siclari 4366 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC 303A How to Make a Decision Collecting information and researching before making a deci- sion is important, but sometimes there’s a lengthy stage of dith- SATURDAY 107

ering before a conclusion is made. How to avoid falling into the analysis/paralysis trap. Deb Geisler (m), Ginjer Buchanan, Vincent Docherty, Leslie Turek, Daniel Spector 4369 Saturday 1:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Jo Walton 4372 Saturday 1:00pm 1hr 45min CC 304 Language and Xenolinguistics Discussion Interested in languages, both human and alien? Like to create languages? Come and meet other people with these interests and talk about languages, linguistics, and constructed lan- guages. Led by Jeffrey S. Jones 4375 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC 401C The Future of Video Games Video games continue to evolve in many ways: sophistication, emersion of the player, story telling, graphics, and platforms, to name just a few. What’s next in the evolution of video games. Catherynne M. Valente (m), Trina Marie Phillips, Maurine Starkey, Dan Wells, Warren Frey 4378 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Joy of Toys Te wonderful world of collectibles. Our panels talk about what they like to collect, some great finds they’ve made over time, and what some of the current trends in collectibles are. Tom Smith, Brad Foster, Nichole Giles 4381 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C How to Edit Anthologies What are the tips for editing a compelling anthology? What are some of the differences between editing a themed anthology and a best-of? Mike Resnick (m), John Joseph Adams, Ellen Datlow, Rich Horton 4384 Saturday 1:00pm 1hr CC Conference Theater 110 Sound Check: Saturday Sound check for people doing concerts Saturday. Cecilia A. Eng, Ada Palmer, Lauren Schiller, Barry Gold, Betsy Tinney, Kaede Tinney, Michelle Dockrey, Tony Fabris 4387 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Jack Campbell, Elon de Arcana, Richard Gilm- ore, Linda King, Jack Skillingstead 4390 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Cabaret Concert: Bill & Brenda Sutton 4393 Saturday 1:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Maker/3-D Printing 3D Printing Demonstration—The Remake! Have you ever wished you could make cool plastic toys yourself? Or maybe you’d prefer to make something more practical. Te 3D printing demonstration will explain what people use their 3D printers for (hint: NOT creating working 3D-printed guns; we’ll leave that to movie villains), as well as the different types of 3D printers available. Te discussion will then focus on how you can create your own files or find existing files to create your own 3D printed objects. Tis will be followed by a practical demon- stration of how a 3D printer works. (Tis is the third of three identical presentations, just in case you missed the first two.) Inez Gowsell 4396 Saturday 1:25pm 1hr 20min CC 203 At the Mountains of Madness (2007)—PG A survivor tells the story of an Antarctic mission which encoun- tered unimaginable horror. Dramatized in the style of old-time radio. Presented courtesy of the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society (cthulhulives.org). 4399 Saturday 1:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Annalee Flower Horne 4402 Saturday 1:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Molly Gloss 4405 Saturday 1:40pm 1hr CC 201C Predestination Q&A A discussion of the movie Predestination (shown in 205 at noon). Keith G. Kato, Michael Sheffield, Steven Barnes 108 SATURDAY

4408 Saturday 1:40pm 19min CC 205 The Life and Death of Tommy Chaos and Stacey Danger—PG- 13 SF&F—USA Director: Michael Lukk Litwak Dinosaurs have invaded Earth but neither Tommy nor Stacey care anymore, now that they’ve met each other. Tey escape the war, but whether they dive to the bottom of the ocean or fly to Outer Space, conflict always seems to find a way into their lives. 4411 Saturday 1:45pm CC Hall A—Artist/Author Alley Artist/Author Alley Closes 4414 Saturday 2:00pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Patricia Briggs 4417 Saturday 2:00pm 2hr DAV Hall of the Doges Regency Dance Join dance master John Hertz for an afternoon of gracious Regency dancing. We’ve been doing this at WorldCons since the 1970s. If you don’t know how, John will teach you. Historical costume of about the year 1800 is welcome, but not required. People come in all kinds of costumes. Or come as you are. His- torical Background: In the English Regency period Napoleon ruled Europe, and one of the all-time great wise-guys “Beau” Brummell ruled England – more or less. Right away you see the English had good priorities. By 1811 there was a Prince Regent. He kept a full set of Jane Austen novels at his bedside. He must have had a sense of humor. We fans delight in Georgette Heyer’s stories of Regency aristocrats. She knew history well and kept a light touch. Try Cotillion, whose hero isn’t the protagonist and isn’t even a woman – Fuzzy Pink Niven’s favorite. Every- body loves Te Grand Sophy. Book dealer Marty Massoglia says Heyer is his best-selling author. Look for an explanation in the fanzineMimosa. John Hertz 4420 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Sharon Shinn Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4423 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Susan Palwick Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4426 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Laura Anne Gilman Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4429 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Taiyo Fujii Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4432 Saturday 2:00pm 34min CC 205 Citizen In The Temple—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Jason Huls Citizen in the Temple is a sci-fi film set on a desert wasteland planet where only a few cities remain and life hangs on by a thread. A man named Jennon Ril is among the scientists that work on ways to preserve life on the planet. Secretly, however, he is part of Te Shepherd’s Way, an underground revolutionary movement dedicated to ending the tyranny of Te Consortium. Te Consortium is the mastermind behind everything that hap- pens in the city. It is an oppressive regime with eyes and ears everywhere. 4435 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC 206BCD Fantasy Tales Catherynne M. Valente 4438 Saturday 2:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Re-Opens 4441 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC 207 Stories of the Nez Perce Indigenous storytelling Robbie Paul SATURDAY 109

4444 Saturday 2:00pm 1hr CC 300D Super Science Saturday: Spintronics Pocket-size devices manipulating the quantum spin of electrons may sound like the imaginings of Golden Age pulp fiction, but this transformative technology has already made dramatic changes in our world today. IBM Research Almaden engineer Kevin Roche will introduce the basic science behind spintronics, describe the innovations already delivered by it, and touch upon its exciting promise for the future. (And give you a peek inside their only-of-its-kind lab!) Kevin Roche 4447 Saturday 2:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—G. David Nordley 4450 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC 302AB Saving Worldcon History: The Worldcon Heritage Organiza- tion Who saves Worldcon paraphernalia—the T-shirts, the publica- tions, the ribbons and even the Hugo statues? Fanhistorians in general, and the Worldcon Heritage Organization in particular! Interested in fan history, with special emphasis on Worldcon history? Stop by to learn what we’ve been collecting and what we’ve been displaying at Worldcons and how you can help us organize and catalog material for future displays. Mary Morman (m), Kent Bloom, Laurie Mann, Mark L. Olson 4453 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC 303A Finance for Writers What are the implications for writers under contract to a pub- lisher vs. self-published writers? Tax issues Kevin Wiley (m), Gail Carriger, Doug Farren, Madeleine Robins 4456 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC 401C Fandom for Children and Teens Fandom isn’t just for adults. We all started out as kids with books in our hands—books about magic, spaceships, or mon- sters. What does fandom mean to today’s kids? What resources, conventions, or other fannish activities are available for them? How might future fandom change for tomorrow’s children? Toni Weisskopf (m), Frog Jones, Regina Kanyu Wang, Fran Wilde 4459 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A David Gerrold Meets His Facebook Friends & Followers David Gerrold has a lively and sometimes controversial face- book account. Are you one of David’s Facebook friends? Has he met you before? Stop in to meet the real David Gerrold. David Gerrold 4462 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B The Future of Short Fiction: Online Magazines Today 10 years ago reading original fiction online was limited to the occasional author’s web site. Now, online magazines are a major force—maybe the major force—in publshing short fiction. Te panel explores why. Mike Resnick (m), John Joseph Adams, Scott H. Andrews, Neil Clarke, Anaea Lay 4465 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C How Can We Make Fandom More Welcoming and Inclusive? More and more people read SF, watch SF movies, game and cos- tume all the time. What can we do to make fandom, clubs & conventions more welcoming to all kinds of people? Gregory Gadow (m), Karen G. Anderson, Ctein, Jeanne Mealy 4468 Saturday 2:00pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Cecilia Eng Cecilia Eng is a Portland-based singer-songwriter. 4471 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Mark J. Ferrari, Mark Oshiro, Jessica Rising, Brandon Sanderson, J. Neil Schulman 4474 Saturday 2:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Stephen H. Segal Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Stephen Segal 4477 Saturday 2:00pm 1hr CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100A Autographing in 100A—George R. R. Martin Te location for this autographing is in Ballroom 100A rather 110 SATURDAY

than in the Dealers Room. In order for this autographing to go smoothly, the line will be capped, you are limited to one item autographed, no personalizations, no posed pictures, and no line-jumping. George R. R. Martin 4480 Saturday 2:30pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Kendare Blake 4483 Saturday 2:30pm 1hr 15min CC 202C Wigs From Alternate Materials Workshop Wigs can be created using yarn, newspaper, rope, and VCR tape. People can bring materials that they want to work with to the workshop. Some materials will be available. Starter kit includes wig base cap and clips. Materials Fee: $5 USD (Wig base cap and hair clips) Open to All 10 and up. Workshop Limit: 40 Tanglwyst de Holloway 4486 Saturday 2:30pm 1hr 15min CC 206A Altering Commercial Patterns How to alter a commercial pattern to fit your real figure rather than the pattern company’s fit model. Many people seem intim- idated when trying use a pattern for a costume idea. Tips and tricks to alter commercial patterns for any body type. How to measure yourself, how to read a pattern to buy the correct size, and how to easily alter that pattern for your personal body type. Teresa Halbert (m), Richard Stephens, Leslie Johnston 4489 Saturday 2:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—William Dietz 4492 Saturday 2:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Melinda Snodgrass 4495 Saturday 2:30pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Sassafrass: Trickster and King Trickster and King are the duo Ada Palmer and Lauren Schiller. Tey are key members of the all-female octet “Sassafrass.” Tey perform Viking and fantasy-themed a capella music. 4498 Saturday 2:30pm 1hr 30min CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Art Show Auction Been to the Art Show? Saw anything you liked? If the piece you like got enough bids it will go to auction. Phil Foglio (m) 4501 Saturday 2:30pm 30min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Vonda N. McIntyre Guest Interview—Audience 4504 Saturday 2:35pm 5min CC 205 Exit Log—PG-13 SF&F—UK Director: Chris Cornwell Two space engineer’s journey through deep space takes a dra- matic turn when they discover an emergency message from the past. 4507 Saturday 2:40pm 16min CC 205 New—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: John Harden NEW tells the story of an elderly couple who choose to be cry- onically preserved (chilled to sub-zero temperature) at the time of their deaths. Tey are revived, centuries later, their health and youth totally restored. Together they face the joys and chal- lenges of a second life in a strange, distant future. 4510 Saturday 2:45pm 35min CC 203 The Adventures of the Red Panda: “The Field Trip” (2008) Te Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel travel to New York to keep the Nazis from obtaining a crucial artifact, but the local heroes aren’t entirely pleased to have Canada’s greatest super- hero in their territory. Presented courtesy of Decoder Ring Teatre (decoderringtheatre. com). 4513 Saturday 3:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Writers’ Pitch Session III: Literary Agents 2 Have a manuscript you would like to shop? Tired of all the rejec- tion emails? Well, get your synopsis ready because here’s your chance to sit and talk one-on-one for ten minutes with an agent SATURDAY 111

from a major literary agency! Tere are a limited number of ses- sions, so be sure to register asap! To register: send an email to Jessica Rising at jessiswrittenword@ yahoo.com with the subject line: Sasquan Agents Pitch. Include a one-page synopsys of your pitched work, and the first page of body as a word or pdf attachment. Registration is first come, first served, and you will be paired with an agent of our choice according to your writing sample & the agent’s needs. Note: Participation in a pitch session does NOT guarantee a con- tract with an agent. Agents participating in these pitch sessions are not contractually or otherwise obligated to sign any authors with whom they meet. Jessica Rising (m), John Berlyne, Joshua Bilmes, Sam Morgan 4516 Saturday 3:00pm 2hr 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT)—Session 2 Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) is used in order to capitalize on the strategic or tactical advantages which pos- session or control of a particular urban area gives or to deny these advantages to the enemy. SFC Clay Cooper will take you through a specific element of MOUT training: room clearing. Learn how the US military does it and apply it to your stories and/or game scenarios. Subject matter expert, Sergeant First Class Clay Cooper (US Army Retired) will present, and take you through hands-on training to help you capture first hand the experiences of negotiating urban environments. Clay Cooper 4519 Saturday 3:00pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Sarina Dorie 4522 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Leslie Turek Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4525 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Ginjer Buchanan Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4528 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Phyllis Eide Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4531 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Steven Gould Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4534 Saturday 3:00pm 14min CC 205 The Nostalgist—PG-13 SF&F—UK Director: Giacomo Cimini In the futuristic city of Vanille, with properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes & Ears the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father’s device begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his own traumatic reality, the man must venture outside to find a replacement, into a city where violence and danger lurk beneath a skin of beautiful illusion. 4537 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 207 Science in SF Helen Gbala 4540 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 300A Podcast Production Where do you start when you want to create your own podcast? Is a smart phone enough? How do you choose your theme? Your guests? Can podcasts successfully market publications? Cynthia Felice (m), Scott H. Andrews, Warren Frey, Steven Schapansky, Tom Smith 4543 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 300B Z Nation—TV Made in the Northwest Grimm, Te Librarians...heck even Portlandia (which has fan- nish overtones) are shot in this region. But Z Nation is being shot here in the Spokane area. Co-executive Producer Michael 112 SATURDAY

Cassutt & series Co-Creator/Writer/Co-Executive Producer Craig Engler talk about the show. Michael Cassutt, Craig Engler 4546 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 300C Reading—Steven Barnes 4549 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 300D Super Science Saturday: Quasars and the Intergalactic Medi- um Quasars, powered by supermassive black holes, are the most energetic long-lived objects in the universe. Interesting in their own right, they also allow investigation of the intergalactic medium, the gas from which galaxies form. Normally invisible, the intergalactic medium can be seen by how it affects light from distant quasars as that light passes through it. Learn about recent advances in the understanding of the quasars and the intergalactic medium enabled by observations with the Hubble Space Telescope. David Syphers 4552 Saturday 3:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Michelle Sagara 4555 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 302AB The New Space Opera We’ve come a long way since the days when “space opera” was a derogatory term. Many of SFs best writers over the last 20 years have written space opera. What’s made the difference? Rich Horton (m), Jeffrey A. Carver, Ann Leckie, Charles Stross, Doug Farren 4558 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 303A Family-Friendly Board Games What board games are best for introducing younger fans to the hobby? What’s the right balance between being simple enough to learn and deep enough to be varied and interesting? Are any of the “My First...” variants of popular games good for bringing in younger fans to board gaming? Perrianne Lurie (m), Brian Campbell, Arthur Chu, Eleanor Stokes 4561 Saturday 3:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Tony Daniel 4564 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC 401C Tech Talk for Teens Join us for a fun discussion that delves into the mysteries of teaching science and technology to kids. What’s a good starting point? Does it always have to be “fun”? Which sci-fi concepts might today’s teens be turning into reality twenty years from now? We’ll discuss all of these things and more! Torrey Stenmark (m), Bill Higgins, Tim Griffin, E. C. Blake 4567 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Writing About Controversies Since before the Great Exclusion Act of 1939, the science-fiction community has had its share of controversies, feuds and flame wars—between pros, between fans, between pros and fans. Maybe more than its share. Discussion about these controver- sies—whether in fanzines or online—has often generated more heat than light. How can we research and write about controver- sial issues in the field? Is it ever possible to just stick to the facts? Panelists talk about what they’ve learned about how to approach these issues. William Frank (m), Mike Glyer, M. J. Locke, john scalzi, Eric Flint 4570 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B What Does Horror Do That Other Genres Don’t? Horror can turn you inside out, keep you up all night and give you thoughts you wish you’d never thought of before (thanks so much Dan Simmons!). Does it have to be about death and dismemberment? Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow SATURDAY 113

4573 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Discovering New Comics What comics and graphics novels aren’t you reading now that you should be reading? James Bacon (m), Amy Sterling Casil, Patrick Hester, Ada Palmer 4576 Saturday 3:00pm 1hr CC Conference Theater 110 One Shots and Double Shots Tis is where everyone gets to see new talent, terrific folks who showed up at the last minute, folks who don’t normally get to perform together, and seasoned performers who didn’t want to do an entire concert. Sign up in advance in the Concert Teatre (look for the woman with the braces wearing a blazer), or come and watch others perform one or two songs that total no more than 10 minutes in length. Lynn Gold 4579 Saturday 3:00pm 3hr CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show—Early Buyer Pickup, After Auction Sales & Print Shop Open 4582 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Gail Carriger, Brenda Cooper, Daniel Kimmel, Fonda Lee, Kristine Rusch, Robert Silverberg, Connie Willis 4585 Saturday 3:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—David Hartwell Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. David Hartwell 4588 Saturday 3:00pm 1hr 15min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Vonda N. McIntyre Guest Interview Vonda N. McIntyre, Nancy Jane Moore 4591 Saturday 3:15pm 14min CC 205 Mouse-X—PG-13 SF&F—UK Director: Justin Tagg Mouse-X is a mystery/sci-fi story about Anderson, a man who wakes in a building with no idea where he is or how he got there, before slowly discovering that in each of the rooms around him are a thousand clones of himself, all of whom woke into the same mysterious scenario. To escape, he needs to outwit his ‘selves’ whilst overcoming the realization that he is not the only Anderson... 4594 Saturday 3:20pm 40min CC 203 Intensive Care (2011)—PG-13 After a car accident, a man finds himself trapped in a hospital which doesn’t seem to be interested in healing him. Or is it all in his head? Presented courtesy of Aural Stage Studios (auralstage.com). 4597 Saturday 3:30pm 2hr Grand Cedar Ballroom Meet the Authors of 47North 47North and Amazon Publishing invite you to join them for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and book giveaways. Come meet the event’s honored guests, including authors Kevin J. Anderson, Greg Bear, Joseph Brassey, Kate Danley, Camille Griep, J.D. Horn, Marko Kloos, Scott James Magner, PJ Manney, Neve Maslakovic, Jodi McIsaac, Cooper Moo, Melissa F. Olson, Roberta Trahan, and Jeff Wheeler. 4600 Saturday 3:30pm 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Alma Alexander 4603 Saturday 3:30pm 27min CC 205 P.L.U.G.—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: David Levy On a post-apocalyptic Earth, Leila Dawn (Natalie Floyd), is the only human survivor. Raised by Robots after humanity aban- doned the planet they destroyed with nuclear warfare, Leila cannot forget her parents nor ignore her yearning to find other organic life. A hunt she sets out on with a Military Unit, Marker (Lex Cassar), leads Leila to discover the reality she’s been denied—a reality that sparks her ultimate quest. 114 SATURDAY

4606 Saturday 3:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Sharon King 4609 Saturday 3:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—P. C. Hodgell 4612 Saturday 4:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Sub-Genre Games Are you deep for dystopia? Crazy for cyberpunk? Feverent for urban faerie? Soft on steampunk? We’re pitting ten sub-genres against each-other to see which should shed its “sub” prefix and become a fully-fledged genre alongside the towers of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Does YOUR favorite sub-genre have what it takes to stand alone? Jessica Rising (m), Tim Martin (m), Taiyo Fujii, Caren Gussoff, Frog Jones, Nick Mamatas, Alan Smale, Kaye Tornbrugh, Dan Wells 4615 Saturday 4:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Characters with “Character” in YA Fiction Not all characters are created equally. Some are made for mov- ing the plot along, some are created for comedy relief, and some crafted to inspire. A book is created around characters readers can get behind, love, hate or empathize with, laugh at. From heroes to villains and more, authors share some of their favorite YA fiction characters and what makes these characters so inter- esting. Find out what characters work and what characters don’t for young adult readers. William Campbell Powell (m), Gail Carriger, Deby Fredericks, Rebecca Moesta 4618 Saturday 4:00pm 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 09 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Jason Hough, Zaza Koshkadze 4621 Saturday 4:00pm 3hr CC 201B Writers Workshop section 18 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Matthew Johnson, Shanna Swendson 4624 Saturday 4:00pm 1hr 45min CC 201C Art Demo—Mark J. Ferrari Mark J. Ferrari 4627 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Jo Walton Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4630 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Cat Rambo Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4633 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Richard Kadrey Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4636 Saturday 4:00pm 2hr 5min CC 203 Anne Manx and the Blood Chase (2014)—PG-13 Having exhausted her extra lives, Anne Manx is approaching genuine death. She follows a cryptic clue to a world that may hold the key to her renewal, but an old enemy is one step behind her. Starring Claudia Christian and Patricia Tallman. Presented courtesy of Te Radio Repertory Company of America (rrca.com). SATURDAY 115

4639 Saturday 4:00pm 10min CC 205 Broken—PG-13 Animation—Canada Director: Adam Ciolfi A damaged robot attempts to keep his companion alive after a catastrophic accident. 4642 Saturday 4:00pm 1hr CC 206A Geeky Science Songs http://www.GriffinEd.org Tim Griffin 4645 Saturday 4:00pm 1hr CC 207 Saturday in the Park with Leslie Let’s get out of the Convention Center to explore nature. What interesting things are out there in Riverfront Park? Bring sharp eyes and a camera phone if you have one and we’ll see what we can find. Younger fans under 9, please bring a responsible adult. Leslie Turek 4648 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC 300A Demigods, Chosen Ones & Rightful Heirs: Can Progress, Merit & Citizens Ever Matter in Fantasy? Science fiction often centers around meritocracies (or at least “knowledgetocracies”) but fantasy? Not so much. Or, as Dennis famously said in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: ”…Strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a man- date from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.” Has fantasy ever overcome this classic trope? Can it? Darlene Marshall (m), Anaea Lay, Mary Soon Lee, Setsu Uzume, Katherine Addison 4651 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC 300C Science and Technology of Discworld From Hex in the High Energy Magic Building to Quantum But- terflies to clacks, the Discworld books are filled with references to science and technology, so much so, that there are now five books dedicated to that subject as companion pieces to the nov- els of the Discworld. Join us for a discussion of these aspects of the books. Charlotte Lewis Brown (m), Karen G. Anderson, Aliette de Bodard, Sam Scheiner, Fran Wilde 4654 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC 300D Super Science Saturday: Observing the Extreme Physics Near Black Hole Horizons Astronomers have good reasons to hope for detailed observa- tions of the vicinity of black hole event horizons. Gravitational waves record the collisions of black holes with other compact objects (black hole-black hole and black hole-neutron star col- lisions) while Very Long Baseline Interferometry promises to actually image a horizon. I will describe some of the features of near-black hole physics that astronomers are looking for. We’ll see that rather basic laws of physics can have surprising results for the matter caught by these monsters, such as the “nuclear donuts” that form when a black hole rips apart a nearby orbiting neutron star. A lot of our ideas depend on trusting computer simulations, but hopefully not for much longer! Matthew Duez 4657 Saturday 4:00pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Lezli Robyn 4660 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC 302AB Costuming with Elements from Other Cultures: Awareness, Respect, Understanding How to figure out ways to incorporate stuff from another culture that looks so cool...in a way that really is cool and not an insult. (Native American, South American, African, Asian, European, Sphynxian...whatever) Mir Plemmons (m), Gregg Castro, Cheryce Clayton, Tanglwyst de Holloway, Bobbie Benton Hull 116 SATURDAY

4663 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC 303A Self-publishing—How to Market Your Work Your manuscript is done, you’ve found your printer, uploaded your files, and your book is done. Now how the heck do get people to buy it? Successful self-published authors share their methods. Sarina Dorie (m), Annie Bellet, Doug Farren, Kameron Hurley 4666 Saturday 4:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Randy Henderson 4669 Saturday 4:00pm 2hr CC 304 ASFA Meeting 4672 Saturday 4:00pm 1hr 30min CC Bays 111A Keith and Alan’s Movie News and Previews: Son of Trailer Park For our second, final show of the weekend we’ll recap the most exciting previews from our Tursday show while changing it up with some things we weren’t able to show or talk about Tursday We think movie previews should be about more than just trail- ers. Certainly we will show a carefully-curated selection of the latest movie previews for upcoming genre films (and talk about highly-anticipated projects that are so far in the future they don’t have a preview to show – yet). But you also get movie news and rumors from Hollywood and beyond. We also highlight the latest trends, innovations, and challenges for the industry and also the wider entertainment culture: TV shows, home video, theme parks – the whole gamut! Keith Johnson (m), Alan Halfhill 4675 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Fresh Young Brains Zombies are not only rising, they’re thriving. Tey’re moving in next door, going to school, and inspiring crushes. Why zom- bies? What is it about these stories that resonates with teens? What great zombie fiction is out there for our “fresh young brains” to read and consume? What might be next in the zombie revolution? Steven Barnes (m), Kendare Blake, Susan Forest, Julie McGalliard 4678 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Incomparable Radio Theater Te Incomparable Radio Teater of the Air is here, broadcast- ing live coast to coast on the Finley Quality Network. From the people who bring you Te Incomparable and numerous other podcasts, this is a live audio play in the style of old-time radio, but chock full of references to modern geek culture. Jason Snell 4681 Saturday 4:00pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Barry Gold Barry hails from Los Angeles, where he and his wife, Lee, are active in LASFS and in the local filk community. His bass voice is mellifluous, and his repertoire is humungous. 4684 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Lou Antonelli, Walter H. Hunt, Nick Kanas, Sarah Pinsker, John Scalzi, Eric James Stone, Rick Wilber 4687 Saturday 4:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Nina Horvath Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Nina Horvath 4690 Saturday 4:10pm 10min CC 205 Bear Story—PG Animation—Chile Director: Gabriel Osorio An old bear goes out every day to a busy street corner. Trough a tin marionette theater of his own making, the bear will tell us his life story. 4693 Saturday 4:20pm 10min CC 205 OceanMaker—PG-13 Aniimation—USA Director: Lucas Martell After the seas have disappeared, a courageous young female pilot fights against vicious sky pirates for control of the last remaining source of water: the clouds. SATURDAY 117

4696 Saturday 4:30pm 3min CC 205 Companion—PG-13 Animation—USA Director: Sean O’Neill A stray puppy suddenly appears to brighten up a lonely boy’s world. Te two enjoy a longlasting companionship as they grow together. 4699 Saturday 4:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Scott Edelman 4702 Saturday 4:30pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Betsy Tinney Betsy Tinney is a clasically-trained cellist who has won a Pega- sus award for “Best Performer.” She also plays in several bands. Tis is your chance to hear her perform solo and find out why she’s in constant demand. 4705 Saturday 4:35pm 9min CC 205 Sumer—PG-13 Animation—Spain For unknown reasons, the Earth’s ionosphere has weakened dramatically during the course of the last century, resulting in the collapse of the entire ecosystem. Earth has become an increasingly hostile and uninhabitable place and with no shield to protect it, it is at the full mercy of meteors. All animal and plant species perished decades ago. All that remains is one small group of humans who attempt to resist the hostility and hard- ness of the external environment from SUMER, the last hive city in the world, which has been specifically designed to keep the population alive through oxygen supply systems. Unfortunately, the systems that allow this last safe haven to operate are becom- ing increasingly Impaired and deficient. 4708 Saturday 4:45pm 5min CC 205 Space Cat Hob—PG Animation—France Director: Loic Bramoulle Space Cat Hob tells the tale of a space cat sent on a mission to reconquer a planet. 4711 Saturday 4:50pm 2min CC 205 Switch Man—PG Animation—USA Director: Hsun-Chun Chuang & Shao-Kuei Tong On a normal quiet Sunday, Dr. Evil Mantis attacked K-City unexpectedly with his gigantic claw, the entire city in panic and in danger. At that very critical moment, one young man stood out and fought the Dr. Evil Mantis. Tis is the moment for the hidden superhero, and his secret power is about to turn this chaos upside down. Te Legend is about to begin... 4714 Saturday 4:55pm 2min CC 205 Zeit—PG Animation—Canada Director: Annie Doyon A strange creature named Zeit, who lives on a floating island with his friend, try to bring back the sun. 4717 Saturday 4:55pm 3min CC 205 Peck Pocketed—PG Animation—USA Director: Kevin Herron A bird desiring a luxury home seizes the opportunity one day when an old lady falls asleep in the park. 4720 Saturday 5:00pm 1hr 30min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: The Gaming Gong Show (Hosted by Black Shield Productions) Your adventure begins.... You’re in a tavern. Tere are people seated around the place. Someone stands up. “I put before you a challenge….” “You are all Adventures here. I will give a prize or two to which- ever of you entertains our three distinguished judges the most with the regaling of a story—a quest or encounter you have been a part of. But if you fail, there shall be consequences…. You will hear a terrible sound ringing through your ears and you shall fall silent”. With a devilish grin. Your host asks, “Any takers?” Luke Hutson (m), Casey Almas, Molly Lloyd, Greg Schneider 118 SATURDAY

4723 Saturday 5:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Catherynne M. Valente Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 4726 Saturday 5:00pm 10min CC 205 Death and The Robot—PG-13 Aimation—USA Director: Austin Taylor Two lonely souls, bored of their safe havens, venture into new worlds and share an encounter that will nurture a friendship and an everlasting legacy. 4729 Saturday 5:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes for Dinner Don’t forget to pick them up by 5 4732 Saturday 5:00pm 45min CC 300A The Twelfth Doctor: the Latest Face of Doctor Who We’ve finished the first season of the twelfth Docor, and will soon begin his second. What worked and didn’t work during Peter Capaldi’s first year as Te Doctor? What do we expect (and hope for) next season? Edward Muller (m), Alicia Faires, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Warren Frey 4735 Saturday 5:00pm 45min CC 300B Seiun Awards and Publishing SF in Japan Taiyo Fujii, Takayuki TATSUMI, Mari Kotani 4738 Saturday 5:00pm 45min CC 300C H.P. Lovecraft and Recent Weird Fiction H.P. Lovecraft was considered pretty weird and out there. Who is writing now that is also considered pretty weird and out there? Elizabeth Bear (m), Ellen Datlow, Daryl Gregory, Sharon King 4741 Saturday 5:00pm 45min CC 300D The Best Video Games Ever! Halo? Tomb Raider? Mass Effect? Pac-Man? What are the best video games ever? Joy Bragg-Staudt (m), Caren Gussoff, David Peterson, Andrea G. Stewart 4744 Saturday 5:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Sasquatch and Other Northwest Indigenous Myths One of the most vivid myths to emerge from local indigenous storytelling is the tale of the large, hairy creature that lived in the woods, helpful according to some tribes and malevolent according to others. Learn about the history of the sasquatch legend and some of the other legends that have migrated far beyond the northwest. Gwen Whiting (m), Molly Gloss, Mir Plemmons, Phyllis Irene Radford 4747 Saturday 5:00pm 30min CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Kaede Tinney Kaede Tinney performs, backed by Vixy (Michelle Dockrey), Tony Fabris, and Betsy Tinney. 4750 Saturday 5:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Arthur Chu Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Arthur Chu 4753 Saturday 5:10pm 8min CC 205 Coda—PG-13 Animation—Ireland Director: Alan Holly Tells the story of a lost soul who stumbles drunkenly through the city. In a park, death finds him and shows him many things. 4756 Saturday 5:20pm 2min CC 205 Serial Taxi—PG-13 Animation—USA Director: Paolo Cogliati A young business woman takes a chilling ride when she realizes her cab driver could be the notorious Taxi Killer. 4759 Saturday 5:20pm 6min CC 205 The Missing Scarf—PG Animation—Ireland Director: Eoin Duffy SATURDAY 119

Albert the Squirrel makes a startling discovery... an empty space where once his favorite scarf lay. He heads off into the forest only to find everyone else is preoccupied with worries of their own. He helps who he can before moving on but never seems to get any closer to his goal. 4762 Saturday 5:30pm 2min CC 205 Mean Teddies—PG-13 Animation—USA Director: Tyler Novo A story about a stuffed teddy bear who springs to life every night to protect its owners as they sleep. Te owners are oblivious to the dangers at night, but the bear sets out to fight on their behalf as the nightmares come rolling in. 4765 Saturday 5:30pm 7min CC 205 The Urge 2 Allow—PG-13 Animation—Canada Director: Christopher Augus During a bizarre series of events, a vampire discovers that harm- less forest creatures, and even his own body, have turned against him. 4768 Saturday 5:30pm 1hr CC Conference Theater 110 Concert: Vixy and Tony Vixy and Tony (Michelle Dockrey and Tony Fabris, with Betsy Tinney on cello) are a folk-rock duo hailing from Seattle whose music is simultaneously gentle and edgy. Tey have won Pegasus Awards (best in filking) for Best Song, Best Writer/Composer, and Best Performer. 4771 Saturday 5:40pm 3min CC 205 Umbrella Factory—PG Animation—USA Director: Lexie Findarle & Nick Trivundza One evening, a traveler knocked upon the door of three brothers. Asking for a place to stay, as he has nowhere else to go, he offers them his magic talisman for payment in exchange for room and board. What the brothers learn is that the talisman is capable of granting three wishes. But be careful what you wish for. 4774 Saturday 5:45pm 14min CC 205 Alex—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Jeremiah Kipp We see a young woman checking into a hotel, entering a hotel room, geting drunk and taking a trip down memory lane. 4777 Saturday 6:00pm 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Heroic Age Long ago, the advanced Tribe of Gold vanished from the uni- verse, leaving the remaining tribes to fight for supremacy. But prophesy has foretold of a champion for the suffering human race. A feral boy named Age holds the destiny of humanity and the untold power of the Tribe of Hero within. 4780 Saturday 6:00pm 10min CC 205 The Mill At Calder’s End—PG-13 Animation—USA Director: Kevin McTurk In the remote village of Calder’s End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his childhood home, intent on breaking a generations old family curse. Grimshaw’s journey takes him deep below the decaying mill, into mysterious, forgotten cata- combs, where upon he confronts the very source of the evil that has corrupted his family. 4783 Saturday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show—Early Buyer Pickup, After Auction Sales & Print Shop Close 4786 Saturday 6:00pm CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Closes 4789 Saturday 6:00pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Business Meeting Survivors Rendezvous Been at the Business Meetings this week? You probably need a drink...or two... 120 SATURDAY

4792 Saturday 6:10pm 13min CC 205 Grave Shivers—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Brent Sims A dark legend tells of a mysterious book with no identifiable author, the only thing known of its contents, its subject matter, is that it has magical—endless pages that contain stories of hor- ror, wonder, and dread. Many have searched for it throughout the sands of time. Many have lost themselves in this quest, never to be heard from again. By other worldly assistance, or pure malevolence, one man has located this “book,” and has dared to open its pages, to release it back on the world... 4795 Saturday 6:25pm 11min CC 205 Itsy Bitsy Spiders—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Bertrand Paré Edwin has a dark obsession with drawing spiders. His mother does her best to curb his increasingly odd behavior, but unbe- knownst to her, a terrifying mystery will soon be solved with the help of these sinister drawings. 4798 Saturday 6:40pm 14min CC 205 Hag—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Erik Gardner Inspired by true events. Scott Somers mysteriously experiences sleep paralysis when his wife Marie sleepwalks at night. Unbe- knownst to him, she lives with a horrible secret that slowly begins to eat away at their relationship. 4801 Saturday 6:55pm 19min CC 205 Insane—PG-13 Horror—Canada Director: Adam O’Brien A young talented director on a location scout in the abandoned psychiatric hospital of a rural community inadvertently awak- ens the ghost of a tormented soul seeking retribution. 4804 Saturday 7:00pm 5hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Black Shield GMs: Have Dice, Will Travel Black Shield GMs: Have Dice, Will Travel Bring! Some of your fellow gamers…See! Te Black Shield Game Masters in Salon III…Tell! Tem what theme or genre you and your friends want them to run…Play in amazement! As your Black Shield GM runs an awesome on-shot in your requested genre! Luke Hutson, Molly Lloyd, Greg Schneider, Casey Almas 4807 Saturday 7:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Tea Party with the Duchess SpoCon presents a RadCon tradition; join us for Tea with the Duchess! Chose a delicate tea cup to represent your unique per- sonality. Every tea cup is different! Enjoy a variety of teas and delicate snacks. Tis is an experience to enjoy that memories are made on! Alma Alexander (m) 4810 Saturday 7:00pm 1hr DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Ukulele Workshop Blind Lemming Chiffon is an active member of the Denver Uku- lele Society. He’ll be sharing some tips and tricks to make the most of this instrument. Blind Lemming Chiffon 4813 Saturday 7:00pm 2hr 30min CC 206BCD Games for Children’s Program 4816 Saturday 7:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Re-Opens 4819 Saturday 7:00pm 4hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Hugo Ceremony Viewing Seating for viewing the Hugo Ceremony on a large screen in Guinan’s Place. 4822 Saturday 7:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Closes 4825 Saturday 7:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers/Accessibility Close SATURDAY 121

4828 Saturday 7:00pm 1hr CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Hugo Pre-Show Warren Frey (m), Steven Schapansky (m), Gillian Redfearn 4831 Saturday 7:15pm 9min CC 205 Behold The Noose—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Jamie Brooks A sheriff’s deputy searches for a girl in the mysterious back- woods of Kaufman County, Texas. 4834 Saturday 7:25pm 9min CC 205 Mr. Dentonn—PG-13 Horror—Spain Director: Ivan Villamel On a cold winter night, Laura reads her brother David the story of a strange creature that attacks children. Suddenly, a shiver runs Laura’s body, feeling a strange presence in the house. It’s him. 4837 Saturday 7:35pm 5min CC 205 The Horror Of AutoCorrect—PG-13 (Strong Language) Horror—USA Director: Alex DiVincenzo Jenny’s quiet evening at home watching a scary movie is interrupted by a stalker who can’t quite master the art of text messaging. 4840 Saturday 7:40pm 20min CC 205 Tickle—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Cory Norman We all know how 80’s horror movies start; with a babysitter and a little boy alone in a house. Are things that go bump in the night the imagination of a scared little boy, or is someone or some- thing in the house with them? 4843 Saturday 8:00pm 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Sword Art Online 2 Virtual reality has continued to influence the not too far future. Kirito and Asuna join forces again to solve crime and help those within the many MMORPG worlds, as well as in real life. 4846 Saturday 8:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: A Few of Our Favorite Things—Tea, Cofee, Chocolate Dr. Julia Smith, PhD, may just have the most amazing field of study possible—as an anthropologist, she studies tea, coffee and chocolate! Join us a Dr. Smith discusses the history of our favor- ite addictive substances. Julia Smith 4849 Saturday 8:00pm 2hr DBT Shades Conference Room Poker Chip Bardic—Saturday Tis combines the spontanaiety of chaos with the fairness of a bardic circle. Everyone is given a colored poker chip. When you want to perform or request a song, you toss your poker chip in the middle of the room. When all poker chips of one color have been tossed, folks move onto another color. 4852 Saturday 8:00pm 1hr DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Ukulele Jam Session Bring along your ukulele and join in! 4855 Saturday 8:00pm 24min CC 205 The Outer Darkness—PG-13 Horror—UK Director: Ben Franklin & Anthony Melton “On Friday evenings in Lynnsmouth Community Centre, meets a group led by Father Jonathan Crowe. Together they share their stories – tales of strange occurrences, horrific events and bizarre encounters that have scarred their lives.” 4858 Saturday 8:00pm 2hr 30min CC INB Performing Arts Center Hugo Awards Ceremony Te 2015 Hugo Awardspromises to be one of the most memora- ble ceremonies in years. Come be a part of history. Your Masters of Ceremony will be Sasquan Guest of Honor David Gerrold and Tananarive Due, and they’ve both promised an entertaining ceremony. Tananarive Due (m), David Gerrold (m) 122 SATURDAY

4861 Saturday 8:25pm 5min CC 205 Playing With The Devil—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Nick Stentzel While home alone, three sisters conduct a Japanese ritual of Hitori Kakurenbo or “One Man Tag” with their beloved doll. Terror ensues as the girls realize that one should never play a game with the Devil. 4864 Saturday 8:30pm 14min CC 205 Anger Of The Dead—PG-13 Horror—Italy Director: Francesco Picone Alice and Nicholas survived an epidemic that ravaged the world, now only inhabited by the undead. But the nightmare is not over; the rumbling of a motorcycle approaches, breaking the silence. Maybe it’s another survivor that will bring them to safety, or perhaps it is the most dangerous predator from which they have no chance of escaping? 4867 Saturday 8:45pm 12min CC 205 Dystopia St.—PG-13 SF&F—UK Director: David Cave Lost in a world where logic is forgotten and nightmare is the central force around which everything revolves, a man must confront his darkest fears if he is to unravel the mystery of his plight and find the key to his escape. In order to do this, the man must tread a path of madness and uncertainty, always find- ing himself one step behind the strange fellow who haunts his dreams. Can the man outwit his tormentor and solve the puzzle of his dystopian dilemma, or will he be forever lost in this hellish nightmare world? 4870 Saturday 9:00pm 2hr DAV Marie Antoinette Ballroom 200 Years: A Social Dance Odyssey Part 2 Join us for the ultimate crash course in social dance forms of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, taught by Nick Enge and Melissa Carvell from the Library of Dance. In this whirlwind series of classes, we’ll give you a taste of every major partner dance style from the past 200 years of social dancing. Come as you are, no experience necessary. In Part II, we’ll look at the major dance forms of the 19th century, including swing, the Latin dances, and club dancing, in preparation for the Time Traveller’s Ball. Nick Enge, Melissa Carvell 4873 Saturday 9:00pm 20min CC 205 Drink—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Emily Moss Wilson DRINK is a sci-fi cautionary tale that follows Alice and her two sons, Clint and Billy, as they flee their home in the middle of the night. Tey arrive at an old desert motel, and it doesn’t take long before Alice realizes she has a strange connection to this place. A tragedy of the past begins to reveal secret desires that could send Alice down a path of freedom or insanity. 4876 Saturday 9:20pm 12min CC 205 Serpent’s Lullaby—PG-17 (Brief Nudity) SF&F—Canada Director: Patricia Chica A reclusive woman holds the secret to a series of mysterious child disappearances in a small northern community. 4879 Saturday 9:30pm 6min CC 205 Invaders—PG-17 (Strong Language, Gore) Horror—USA Director: Jason Kupfer A pair of home invaders considers their potential character choices just prior to their planned invasion. 4882 Saturday 9:40pm 9min CC 205 Timothy—PG-13 Horror—Spain Director: Marc Martinez Jordan Simon is a little boy that has to deal with his babysitter, Sonia, a total nuisance. But that same night, Simon will recieve an unex- pected visitor, Timothy, the main character of Simon’s favourite show, a visit he will never forget. SATURDAY 123

4885 Saturday 9:50pm 9min CC 205 Waterbourne—PG-13 Horror—Australia Director: Ryan Coonan Years of drought, flood, and fluctuating environmental con- ditions have taken their toll on a small country town. When a local ranger finds an unidentified algae multiplying in the water supply, he knows that something’s not right—but it’s not till the sun goes town that he realizes the true extent of the danger. 4888 Saturday 10:00pm 3min CC 205 Savant: Kali 47—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Mike Diva Undead dark riders invade a wild west saloon, blasting away everyone in sight—now only a bad-ass Native American war- rior can save the town. A steampunk, supernatural, wild west, epic action-thriller with killer special effects. A thrill ride from music mastermind Savant and director/vfx artist Mike Diva. 4891 Saturday 10:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes Children’s Program will close when the Hugo Ceremony ends, probably around 9:30 or 10. 4894 Saturday 10:00pm CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Closes 4897 Saturday 10:00pm CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Closes Closing may be extended if the Hugo Awards Ceremony runs later than 10:00pm. 4900 Saturday 10:05pm 30min CC 205 The Ofering—PG-13 Horror—USA Director: Ryan Patch A father and son travel deep into the woods to make an offering to a mysterious force. When they realize a key element is miss- ing, they must improvise before time runs out. 4903 Saturday 10:30pm 2hr 30min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Psycho Pass Adult content. In the future, even just thinking about a crime is enough to make you guilty – and justice is dispensed from the barrel of a gun. Enforcers take out the bad guys, and Inspectors make sure their partners don’t cross the fine line between good and evil. 4906 Saturday 10:30pm 30min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Hugo Post-Show Warren Frey (m), Steven Schapansky (m) 4909 Saturday 11:00pm 3hr DAV Marie Antoinette Ballroom Time Travelers’ Ball Calling all dancers, past, present, and future, from the farthest reaches of the multiverse! Wherever—and whenever—you may hail from, join us for the ultimate convention of social dancers across time and space. A wide array of music will be played for your social dancing pleasure, and dance masters Nick Enge and Melissa Carvell from the Library of Dance will call a variety of easy mixers. Authentic attire from your time and place of origin will be admired. Proof of interstellar or interchronic origin will also be admired, where applicable. Location: Marie Antoinette Ballroom, Davenport Hotel, Spo- kane, WA, United States of America, N 47.656699,W117.424020, Earth.Sol.MilkyWay Nick Enge (m), Melissa Carvell (m) 4912 Saturday 11:55pm DBT 12th Floor Childcare Closes 124 SUNDAY Highlights t
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Leonard Nimoy Memorial 12pm, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B t
Closing Ceremonies 3pm, Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B

5003 Sunday 12:00am 15hr DBT 15th foor—Presidental Suite Con Suite—The Tempus Fugit Cafe Remains Open Te Con Suite is open for members to stop up and have a snack. 5006 Sunday 1:00am 3hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Chrome Shelled Regios Adult content. Te world of tomorrow is an arid wasteland, where nomadic communities take shelter within mobile domed cities. Massive, mutant Contaminoid monsters swarm the plan- et’s desolate surface, and the lack of resources ignites constant conflict between cities. 5009 Sunday 4:00am 2hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Jyu-Oh-Sei Adult content. In the distant future, humanity has migrated into space, leaving behind a dying Earth. Young twin brothers, Tor and Rei, find themselves hunted and shipped to a hostile planet where only the worst criminals are sent to die, and they have clue why. 5012 Sunday 9:00am 45min CC Breezeway/Statue Stroll with the Stars A gentle morning stroll with some of your favorite authors, art- ists and editors. Meeting each morning at 9AM in the Breeze- way between the INB Teater and the Convention Center (check your map), and returning in time for 10AM programming. Stu Segal (m), Laura Anne Gilman, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, Lawrence M. Schoen, Stephen Segal, Steven Silver 5015 Sunday 9:00am 4hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Opens At-the-door and pre-registered attendees can pick up their badges. Bring along a photo ID to pick up your badge if you’ve preregistered for the con. 5018 Sunday 9:00am 10hr CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers/Accessibility Open Have a question about Sasquan or Spokane? Need to sign up for an item requiring advance sign-up? Willing to give the con- vention a hand? Need help with accessibility issues? Stop by the Information Booth and ask. 5021 Sunday 9:30am 5hr 30min DBT 12th Floor Childcare Opens Your child(ren) must be registered with the convention through Registration in Hall D of the Convention Center (whether with Child/Family memberships or as Kids- in Tow) before they can be booked into the KiddieCorp service on the 12th floor of the Doubletree. Depending on the type of membership your child has, there may be a fee for Childcare. Note that Childcare closes at 3:00 pm, just before Closing Ceremonies. To sign up for Childcare, go to https://www.kiddiecorp.com/sasquankids.htm 5024 Sunday 10:00am 3hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon I Willie Mays and the Say Hey Kid, The Hobbit (1977), and Cartoons Rankin Bass cartoons Feature Film—Willie Mays and the Say Hey Kid (1972) Fantasy cartoon story revolving around New York Giants out- fielder Willie Mays, who is promised by an unconventional angel the chance to make his famed miracle catch, if he agrees to become the godfather of an orphan girl. Te Hobbit (1977) An animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s tale of the adventures of a hobbit on a quest to regain a dwarf king’s gold. SUNDAY 125

5027 Sunday 10:00am 5hr DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon III SpoCon Presents: Zombifcation Workshop With Rayce Bird How’d you like to be a zombie? Not so much...? Ok, let me rephrase. How’d you like to look like a zonmbie? Better? Rayce Bird, winner of Season 2 of SyFy’s Face/Off will present this workshop on how to get your zombie on. Join Rayce for what may be a once-in-a-lifeitme opportunity to work with a master of the craft. Rayce Bird 5030 Sunday 10:00am 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Round Robin Young Adult & Middle Grade Writing Workshop Five tables. Five professional YA and MG authors ready to help your writing grow. Come join us at the Spocon Round Robin Young Adult & Middle Grade Writing Workshop to learn about everything from character development, to plotting, to world- building for readers aged 8–18. To register: send an email to Jessica Rising at jessiswritten- [email protected] with the subject line: YA MG Round Robin. In the body, please state if you have any specific questions you’d like our professionals to cover. Registration is limited, and first come, first served. Jessica Rising (m), Kris Dinnison, Deby Fredericks, Nichole Giles, Shelley Martin 5033 Sunday 10:00am 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 19 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Heather Rose Jones, James Van Pelt, Laura Anne Gilman 5036 Sunday 10:00am 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Arlin Robins Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5039 Sunday 10:00am 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Brooks Peck Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5042 Sunday 10:00am 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Elizabeth Leggett Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5045 Sunday 10:00am 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Beth Meacham Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5048 Sunday 10:00am 1hr 15min CC 203 The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd: Season 6 part 2 (2007) Dr. Floyd’s continuing struggle to stop Dr. Steve takes him to ancient Athens. Ten, a dream sees him fighting an unusual sort of vampire. Featuring Dr. Demento as Hippocrates, and keep your ears peeled for a cameo by Sasquan’s special musical guest Tom Smith! Presented courtesy of Te Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd (doc- torfloyd.com). 5051 Sunday 10:00am 15min CC 205 The Looking Planet—PG Animation—USA Director: Eric Law Anderson In the beginning, not everything went quite entirely according to plan. During the construction of the universe, a young mem- ber of the Cosmos Corp of Engineers dreams of doing some- thing more than his menial job of planetary ring construction, so he sets out... 5054 Sunday 10:00am 1hr 45min CC 206BCD Sunday Morning Games Walter H. Hunt 126 SUNDAY

5057 Sunday 10:00am 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Opens Activities for children from 6–12 who are Sasquan members or Kids-in-Tow. We have a program for the full weekend involving art, crafts, games, science, magic, story-telling and music, and a bit of space for children to enjoy. See http://sasquan.org/pro- gram/kids-and-young-adult/ for details. 5060 Sunday 10:00am 45min CC 207 Heraldry in Discworld Valerie Estelle Frankel, Fran Wilde 5063 Sunday 10:00am 3hr CC 300B WSFS Business Meeting Joining Sasquan made you a member of the World Science Fic- tion Society, the organization that has sponsored Worldcon since 1939. WSFS holds its business meeting annually at Worldcon, making the rules that govern Worldcons and the Hugo Awards. Every attending member of Sasquan is welcome to attend the meeting, participate in debates, and vote. Any business not com- pleted at any earlier meeting (including any matters postponed or specifically scheduled for today) must be concluded by the end of this meeting. Te WSFS Mark Protection Committee will hold an organizational meeting to elect officers approximately 20 minutes after the conclusion of today’s Business Meeting. If the prior WSFS meetings this weekend concluded all business by the end of yesterday’s meeting, there will be no WSFS Meet- ing today; check the convention newsletter and the mobile app for schedule updates. Jared Dashoff, Kevin Standlee, Linda Deneroff, Jesi Pershing, Donald Eastlake, Joyce Reynolds-Ward, Lisa Hayes 5066 Sunday 10:00am 45min CC 300C Reading—Michael Swanwick 5069 Sunday 10:00am 45min CC 300D Oh, the Horror! Scaring Teens Teens flock to slasher flicks, but what about slasher lit? Horror isn’t just violence and gore. Achieving true horror is an art, but what does it take to hit that scary sweet spot? And how close to the line can you get when writing for teens without stepping over into adult fiction? Young readers love to be scared just like adults, but why? Join our horror specialists in delving into the literary depths where even angels fear to tread. You might even find out where the boogie man hangs out when he isn’t hiding under your bed. Scott Edelman (m), Kendare Blake, Susan Forest, Gillian Redfearn 5072 Sunday 10:00am 30min CC 301 Reading—Lori White 5075 Sunday 10:00am 45min CC 302AB Christian Worship Service An ecumenical worship service open to all and led by a Protes- tant pastor and a Roman Catholic priest. Randy Smith 5078 Sunday 10:00am 30min CC 303B Reading—John Pitts 5081 Sunday 10:00am 30min CC 304 Reading—Tanglewyst de Holloway 5084 Sunday 10:00am 5hr CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show—Buyer Pickup, After Auction Sales & Print Shop Open 5087 Sunday 10:00am 5hr CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Opens Te Sasquan Dealer Room has your stuff! Tat latest science fiction novel that just came out you’ve been meaning to buy, the right hat for your costume, the shiny pretty thing you didn’t know you wanted until you saw it...the Dealers Room has that! 5090 Sunday 10:00am 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Anaea Lay, Ann Leckie, Robert L. Slater, Bud Sparhawk 5093 Sunday 10:00am 5hr CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Opens Exhibit Hall C is home to the Fan Exhibits, Worldcon Exhibits, daytime Fan Lounge, Guinan’s Place: Bar & Lounge, Super Sci- SUNDAY 127

ence Saturday and more! Not all parts of the hall may be open when Hall C is open. 5096 Sunday 10:15am 3min CC 205 Peel—PG Animation—Taiwan Director: Jenny Liu Te character incidentally peels his skin off while he is in the class, should he do something about it? Or just leave it this way? 5099 Sunday 10:20am 15min CC 205 The Pilot Fish’s Tale—PG SF&F—USA Director: Rose Fadem-Johnston Te Pilot Fish’s Tale follows the journey of a tenacious young goldfish named Lock on her quest to become a dragon. Tough she sets out to become a flying, fire-breathing creature, Lock finds herself trapped below the sky and above the water; with everyone she encounters foolishly mistaking her for a maiden. As is often the rule with maidens in fairy tales, she is promptly swept off to a castle. Despite being doubted and ridi- culed at every step, she is at last rewarded for her perseverance and becomes a powerful, wise and content...fish. Te fairy-tale is a licensed adaption of a single chapter from the novel Te Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden, written by Cath- erynne M. Valente. It is a mixture of live action, puppetry and stop-motion animation. 5102 Sunday 10:30am 30min CC 301 Reading—Jeanine Hennig 5105 Sunday 10:30am 30min CC 303B Reading—Daryl Gregory 5108 Sunday 10:30am 30min CC 304 Reading—Stephen Segal 5111 Sunday 10:35am 7min CC 205 Omega—PG Animation—USA Director: Eva Franz & Andy Goralczyk Te end of evolution awaits in a wasteland dominated by bizarre trash formations, dust and rock. From the scattered remains of a long forgotten culture, an electric ecosystem rapidly evolves into the ultimate form of existence... 5114 Sunday 10:45am 11min CC 205 The Amazing Mr. Ash—PG-13 Documentary—USA Director: Brian Gersten Te Amazing Mr. Ash is a documentary short that follows the life and times of Ashod Baboorian, a beloved and eccentric Chi- cago-area magician. Mr. Ash, along with his wife Bonnie, have owned and operated Ash’s Magic Shop on Western Avenue since 1985. Te business is a veritable landmark in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, and is one of the last remaining magic shops in the city. At 74 years old, Mr. Ash has a storied history as an Iraqi-Armenian emigrant, a US army draftee, a country-western singer, and, of course, as a world famous magician. 5117 Sunday 11:00am 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Fonda Lee 5120 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—John Joseph Adams Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5123 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Jennifer Brozek Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5126 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Richard Kadrey Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5129 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Toni Weisskopf Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 128 SUNDAY

5132 Sunday 11:00am 2hr CC 202C Bead Embroidery Workshop Learn how to embellish to add glitz and shine to your costume and garments using beads, based on embroidery stitches that you already know. Kits will be provided to create a fun pouch. Open to All 10 and up. Basic hand sewing skills required. Workshop Limit: 15 Teresa Halbert 5135 Sunday 11:00am 15min CC 205 Entity—PG-13 SF&F—France Director: Andrew Desmond Minutes after the technical failure of her spacecraft, an astro- naut finds herself ejected from her cockpit and into space. She tries in vain to contact to the base to obtain help. Her oxygen level diminishes slowly but surely. Little by little, fear grabs hold of her. She faints... After floating adrift for several hours through the immensity of space, she awakens to find herself facing a strange and mysterious entity, taking the shape of an immense colored cloud. 5138 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC 207 Building Things Through Legos 5141 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC 300C When We Were Young Panelists share their favorite books from when they were teens, tweens, and children. Find out what books inspired their imagi- nations, which ones hooked them on SF and fantasy, and which ones made them want to try their own hand at creating stories. Are these books still inspiring today’s young minds? Which of today’s books might be tomorrow’s great memories? Alma Alexander (m), Kevin J. Anderson, Steven Barnes, Scott Lynch, Marissa Meyer 5144 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC 300D Fandom in the Pacifc Northwest, Then to Now Learn about sf fandom in the Pacific Northwest. Where it started, where it’s been, who was there and what’s happening now. Mike Glyer (m), Deby Fredericks, Charlene MacKay 5147 Sunday 11:00am 30min CC 301 Reading—David Clements 5150 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC 302AB Masquerade Versus Cosplay What are the differences between what everyone thinks of as a standard Worldcon masquerade and cosplay? Ada Palmer (m), Tanglwyst de Holloway, Cordelia Willis 5153 Sunday 11:00am 30min CC 303B Reading—Jack Skillingstead 5156 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC 304 Drawing For Your Amusement Brad shows on a white board how he gets his inspirations to draw. Bring a along a sketchpad if you like to draw. Brad Foster 5159 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111A Improving Writers Workshops What makes a good Writers Workshop? How do you keep them going over time? How do residential workshops differ from weekly workshops and from convention-based workshops? James C. Glass (m), Shahid Mahmud, Vonda N. McIntyre, Rebecca Moesta 5162 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111B Climate Change and Health Te climate is changing in ways that have big implications for the future well-being of humans. Tere will be direct effects (e.g., heat stress) and indirect effects (e.g., disease-carrying mosquitos moving northward). Te panelists will discuss what is happening now, what we can expect in the near future, and SUNDAY 129

what might occur down the road if climate change continues on its present course. Sam Scheiner (m), Vincent Docherty, Phyllis Eide, Karl Schroeder, Patricia MacEwen 5165 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC Bays 111C Trends in Hardware, Software & Wetware Over the last 40 years, computers have migrated from com- puter centers to desktops to laptops to phones and now even to watches. How small can hardware become? Are we about ready to “jack into the net” with our own personal wetware? Daniel Dern (m), Greg Bear, Ramez Naam, Mark Van Name 5168 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC Conference Theater 110 The Role of the Critic What is the role of the critic? Is there a difference between a “critic” and a “book reviewer?” Is the role to help people idenify what they might want to read or to give them a deeper under- standing of what they have read? Who are the field’s current equivalents of James Blish, Damon Knight, Samuel Delany, or Joanna Russ? Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (m), Alan Stewart, Liza Groen Trombi, Gary K. Wolfe 5171 Sunday 11:00am 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Eric Flint, Eileen Gunn, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Walidah Imarisha, Cat Rambo, Dan Wells 5174 Sunday 11:15am 20min CC 203 The Truth: “Moon Grafti” (2010) An alternate-history take on the Apollo 11 mission. What if it had gone wrong? Presented courtesy of Te Truth Podcast (thetruthapm.org). 5177 Sunday 11:15am 15min CC 205 Exit—PG-13 SF&F—Spain Director: Michel Goossens In the short film EXIT, A woman awakes in an unfamiliar space with a man sitting beside her bed. He explains her that she has passed away and will now have to let go of her earthly identity to move on. EXIT is a surrealistic drama exploring our attach- ments to life, tendencies to externalize emotions during times of stress and our understanding of reality. 5180 Sunday 11:30am 30min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B Reading—Laura J. Mixon (M. J. Locke) 5183 Sunday 11:30am 2min CC 205 Fortress—PG-13 SF&F—Russia Director: Dima Fedotof Despite the fact that mankind is killed, the war still continues. War continues with automated systems left by people. One of the last surviving bombers and its pilot still performs its task. Te city is dead for a long time. Dead people who built it. Dead people who gave the order to destroy the city. And war will con- tinues until subside echo of humanity. But life will always find a way to survive. Cassette bomb sub munitions became a fortress for the grass. 5186 Sunday 11:35am 1hr CC 203 Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2012) Rick Wakeman’s full rock opera of the Jules Verne adventure, as it was originally meant to be performed. 5189 Sunday 11:35am 9min CC 205 Immersion—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Raphael Rogers Immersion, Atma’s virtual reality rehabilitation program is sweeping the nation. Now criminals are being treated inside VR. Depression, violence, anxiety, soon they’ll all be in the past. But Axa is being hunted by Atma. Why? He’s just a nobody... or is he? 5192 Sunday 11:45am 5min CC 205 Return—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Patrick Rea A woman is struggling to find her way out of the maze of redun- 130 SUNDAY

dancy. But because of her betrayal, she may be doomed to repeat her mistake for eternity. 5195 Sunday 11:50am 18min CC 205 Recoil—PG-13 SF&F—USA Director: Evan Matthews When discovering a deep space distress call from his estranged brother, Marshall must choose to save himself or venture into the unknown for a chance at redemption. 5198 Sunday 12:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: Sex of the Future A tongue-in-cheek, no holds barred, innocent exploration of the crazy things modern (or ancient) heroes have had sex with and speculation on what happens next. Charlene MacKay (m), Susan A Bolich, Rob Carlos, Brenda Carre, Diana Pharaoh Francis, Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio 5201 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—Fei Tang Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5204 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK2 Kafee Klatche—Tom Whitmore Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5207 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK3 Kafee Klatche—Dan Wells Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5210 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Kay Kenyon Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5213 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC 206A Who Are Those Costumers? Te International Costumers Guild (ICG) is an organization of costumers helping other costumers. Are they trying to take over my masquerade? What are the Fairness Guidelines? Does our convention have to follow them? Why should I join the ICG? What do I get out of it? Tanglwyst de Holloway (m), Suford Lewis, Sandra Pettinger 5216 Sunday 12:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes for Lunch Don’t forget—your kids need lunch, too! 5219 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC 300C Reading—Pat Cadigan 5222 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC 302AB Demo of Grenadine—Conference Planning Database Four of the last five Worldcons and a number of regionals have been scheduled using Grenadine. Stop by for a demo and for some ideas on what this flexible database could be used for in the future. Henry Balen 5225 Sunday 12:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Mur Laferty 5228 Sunday 12:00pm 30min CC 304 Reading—Susan Forest 5231 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A Game of Thrones: Expectations of Gender and Sexuality After five seasons, we have expectatons of Game of Trones as having a lot of female nudity and graphic violence. But, at the same time, it has some very strong female characters, and, among some of the characters, a more modern view of sexuality. Do these contrasting views work against the show or enhance it? What are some of the bigger surprises? Perrianne Lurie (m), David D. Levine, Lauren Roy, Valerie Estelle Frankel 5234 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B Accuracy in Historical Research When you’re writing historical fiction or alternate history, accuracy in historical research is key to believability. Our panel SUNDAY 131

discusses the pitfalls of historical research, good sources vs. bad sources, and how to get the most bang for your buck if you are traveling to research for your writing. Kristine Rusch (m), Gregg Castro, Ann Chamberlin, Lori White, Shanna Swendson 5237 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Reading—Ann Leckie 5240 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC Conference Theater 110 What New Pros Need to Know You’ve sold a few short stories. Your first novel is just coming out. Te praise, the pans, the fans. How do you manage it all? What should you do to help your career along? What should you avoid? Here from people who have been there and done that, and hear how they got through it. Cat Rambo (m), Wesley Chu, Wendy S. Delmater, Rhiannon Held, Lezli Robyn 5243 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC Hall B Autographing—Kendare Blake, Kate Elliott, Karl Schroeder 5246 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Loteria Play the classic game of chance for the chance to win Picacio art posters. Hugo Award-winning artist John Picacio hosts several rounds of Mexican Bingo. Play this fun, easy-to-learn game of chance and see how the artist is redefining Loteria for a new era. John Picacio 5249 Sunday 12:00pm 3hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Opens Guinan’s Place: Cabaret, Watering Hole & Bar features music and other events during Worldcon. You are welcome to sit in the lounge when the bar is not open. You may purchase food in the Hall D snack bar and bring it into the lounge when Hall C is open. “Last call” is a half hour before the bar closes. 5252 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Ken Burnside Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Ken Burnside 5255 Sunday 12:00pm 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Leonard Nimoy Memorial Universally loved by science fiction fans and mundanes, we remember Leonard Nimoy who played a half-human alien to perfection, directed movies, shot photographs and wrote a play about Vincent van Gogh. Ginjer Buchanan (m), David Gerrold, Leigh Ann Hildebrand, Daniel Kimmel 5258 Sunday 12:10pm 14min CC 205 Shadows—PG-13 SF&F—UK Director: Luke Armstrong Based on recent news events and set in the year 2037, ‘Shadows’ is a contemporary Orwellian style vision of the future. Te short sci-fi film depicts how the UK government will use virtually all digital technology for surveillance and control over the general population, ultimately becoming a totalitarian state. We join our lead characters—Lee and Jess, on the brink of a revolution. 5261 Sunday 12:25pm 20min CC 205 Hello World—PG-13 SF&F—France Director: Rafael Mathé and Etienne Larragueta In a close future, a private company developed a technology aimed at boosting our brain capacity. But it requires from its clients to store their memory data on one single server. In this highly controlled world, a young woman has the power to change things. 5264 Sunday 12:30pm 30min CC 301 Reading—Nancy Kress 5267 Sunday 12:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Eileen Gunn 5270 Sunday 12:30pm 30min CC 304 Reading—Sandra C. Greenberg 132 SUNDAY

5273 Sunday 12:45pm 1hr CC 205 Flight From Shadow—PG-13 Fan Film—USA Director: David A. Skousen Te WHEEL OF TIME fan movie “Flight From Shadow” chron- icles the events in the “Four Kings in Shadow” chapter from Te Eye of the World, the first book of Robert Jordan’s bestselling series. 5276 Sunday 1:00pm 45min DBT Grand Ballroom: Salon IV SpoCon Presents: The Great Debate Author L. E. Modesitt will moderate this Great Debate between a cast of colorful characters; and you, the audience, will deter- mine which of our candidates will reign supreme. You can be assured that every vote will count in this hilarious battle of circumlocution and doublespeak, so join us as our candidates dazzle you with their political impotence and stupefy you with feats of circular logic. You will laugh. You will cry. You will sit and stare in bewilderment. And, in the end, you will decide. L. E. Modesitt Jr. (m), Patricia Briggs, James C. Glass, Brandon Sanderson 5279 Sunday 1:00pm 3hr CC 201A Writers Workshop section 20 Fifty-plus entrants submitted speculative fiction manuscripts in advance to be constructively criticized by industry profession- als. In this section, a few of these entrants go on the hot seat to hear what the pros have to say. All workshop sections are closed to non-participants. Lori White (m), Anaea Lay, Ann Leckie, Gillian Redfearn 5282 Sunday 1:00pm 45min CC 202A-KK1 Kafee Klatche—David Peterson Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5285 Sunday 1:00pm 45min CC 202B-KK4 Kafee Klatche—Todd McCafrey Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Coffee and snacks available for sale on the 2nd floor. 5288 Sunday 1:00pm 45min CC 300C Feedback Session So, what did you think of Sasquan? Here’s the place to let us know how you felt the con went. Glenn Glazer, Pierre Pettinger Jr, Mike Willmoth, Sally Woehrle, Ruth Lichtwardt 5291 Sunday 1:00pm 45min CC 300D Worlds We Beileve: YA World Building Have you ever sympathized with trudging through Professor Trelawney’s divination classroom? Does living in a Hobbit hole, spaciously provisioned seem not so far-fetched? Which district do you live in? What about traveling through a worm hole at warp speed? Worlds that are easy to picture become a part of invested creators. What makes a believable world? What have past and present authors done right? Come visit other worlds with us. Lauren Roy (m), Jennifer Brozek, Kate Elliott, Jessica Rising 5294 Sunday 1:00pm 2hr CC 302AB Video Interview Workshop Te FastForward team has been interviewing people for about 20 years. Learn their tricks of the trade. Mike Zipser, Kathi Overton 5297 Sunday 1:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Ada Palmer 5300 Sunday 1:00pm 45min CC 304 Classics of Science Fiction Discussion: A. E. Van Vogt—Slan (1946) Van Vogt, praised as a stylist by no less than Harlan Ellison, won readers with more sophistication than they may have noticed. Get Slan at a library, a used-book shop, or Amazon.com. Can’t read it in time? You’re still welcome. John Hertz (m) SUNDAY 133

5303 Sunday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A The Past Is Another World: Historical Fiction for SF Fans One attraction of SF is its glimpses of alien worlds and cultures. Our past can be a similar alien culture. What historical works do a good job of capturing the past and conveying the unfamiliar amidst the familiar. Madeleine Robins (m), Tananarive Due, Walter H. Hunt, Eric Swedin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden 5306 Sunday 1:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Young Adults in Adult Fiction How are young adults portrayed in adult fiction? Is writing a young adult character in adult fiction different than writing a young adult character for YA fiction? Do young adult characters in adult fiction attract young adult readers to adult fiction, and is that good thing? Do authors have to abide by the same expecta- tions as YA authors when writing younger characters? Steven Gould (m), Nichole Giles, Shannon Page, Fran Wilde 5309 Sunday 1:00pm 1hr CC Conference Theater 110 Sound Check: Sunday Sound check for people performing Sunday (including Juried One-Shots). Alexander James Adams 5312 Sunday 1:00pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: SFWA Charity Auction Te Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) support SF&F writers who need help. Most writers do not make that much money, and sometimes, life is a bit unfair. Come support the writers you love and enjoy by bidding on auction items. 5315 Sunday 1:00pm 45min CC Hall C—Literary Beer Literary Beer—Ellen Datlow Limited to 10, requires advance sign-up. Beer available for sale at the bar, snacks available in the snack bar in Hall D. Ellen Datlow 5318 Sunday 1:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Registration Closes 5321 Sunday 1:00pm 45min CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Colleagues as Family Unlike many other jobs, it is a brave, lonely, and financially very risky thing to be a fiction writer. But despite the physical distances, many writers develop close friendships with other writers and editors. Melinda Snodgrass (m), George R. R. Martin, Vonda N. McIntyre, Connie Willis, David Gerrold 5324 Sunday 1:30pm 1hr 15min CC 202C Blinkies Workshop Making the blinkies work in your costume/clothing is much easier than it used to be. Come find out how easy it is. Open to All Workshop Limit: 40 Kevin Roche (m), Karen Collins, Inez Gowsell 5327 Sunday 1:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Greg Bear 5330 Sunday 2:00pm 45min DBT Spokane Falls Suite A/B The Road Goes Ever On...Realistic Journeying Before (or After) Motor Travel How do pre- (or post-) auto travelers manage to cross conti- nents without combustion engines? Do you carry food or hunt it? What about moving small groups or whole armies? How do fantasy quests compare to post-apocalyptic wanderings or to warfare on foot? Susan A Bolich, Cheryce Clayton, Jack Campbell, Jason Hough, Bud Sparhawk 5333 Sunday 2:00pm 45min CC 206BCD Art with Teddy Harvia Fanartist Teddy Harvia shows you how. Teddy Harvia 5336 Sunday 2:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Re-Opens 134 SUNDAY

5339 Sunday 2:00pm 45min CC 207 Kids’ Concert Sandra C. Greenberg 5342 Sunday 2:00pm 45min CC 300C Pitch an Idea for MidAmeriCon Program So what would you like to see at next year’s Worldcon? Mid- AmeriCon II will be 40 years after the last Kansas City World- con, and the guests will be Kinuko Y. Craft, Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Tamora Pierce, Michael Swanwick and Pat Cadigan. Stop by for discussion and to share ideas. Priscilla Olson, Steven Silver, Sandra Pettinger 5345 Sunday 2:00pm 45min CC 300D The Long View—Writing the Multi-volume Series First there was the novel. Ten the trilogy. But some stories go way, way beyond two or three books. Writers working on lengthy series talk about the advantages and disadvantages of world-building, history-building and character development across decades of writing and many volumes of books. Brandon Sanderson (m), Kevin J. Anderson, Eric Flint, Scott Lynch 5348 Sunday 2:00pm 30min CC 303B Reading—John Joseph Adams 5351 Sunday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111A DIY Movies How can you make a movie yourself? Write the script? Adapt an existing work? Crowdfund it? What equipment do you need? Do you need formal permission for locations or can you work with stolen shots? We’ll discuss the steps from concept to completion. Steven Barnes (m), Tananarive Due, Charlie Reeves 5354 Sunday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111B How to Design a Hugo Statue Hugo designers and people who helped select the design talk about how to design the statue, and what makes a good Hugo statue. Vincent Docherty (m), Matthew Dockrey, Glenn Glazer 5357 Sunday 2:00pm 45min CC Bays 111C Fanwriting from Twiltone to Facebook: Zines, Blogs, Social Media—What’s the Dif? From fandom’s earliest days, fen have written to one other. We write about our favorite sf, chronicle the cons we go to, gossip about clubs and the fans we know and detail what’s happening in our lives. Fanwriting began with letters to prozines and then evolved into styles suitable for fanzines and apas. Now, we have blogs and social media. Is there any real difference in the fan- writing? Does one medium require more discipline or skill? Is one more revealing or more relevant? Which generates the most egoboo (positive feedback)? Janet Freeman-Daily (m), Mike Glyer, Catherynne M. Valente, Jim Wright, Megan Frank 5360 Sunday 2:00pm 1hr CC Conference Theater 110 Juried One-Shots Tis is a chance for anyone who wants to get constructive crit- icism on their performance from professionals. Sign ups will be available in the Conference Teatre during the day and in at least one Open Filking room at night. Note: If you sign up, please show up at the Sound Check: Sunday at 1pm. Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton, Alexander James Adams, Mary Crowell 5363 Sunday 2:00pm 1hr CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Cabaret: Farewell Rendezvous Drop by for a farewell drink before Closing Ceremonies. 5366 Sunday 2:30pm 30min CC 303B Reading—Brenda Clough 5369 Sunday 3:00pm DBT 12th Floor Childcare Closes 5372 Sunday 3:00pm DBT 15th foor—Presidental Suite Con Suite—The Tempus Fugit Cafe Finally Closes SUNDAY 135

5375 Sunday 3:00pm 45min CC 206BCD Stand Back, I’m Going to do Science! Torrey Stenmark 5378 Sunday 3:00pm 45min CC 207 How to Design and Make Your Own Stufed Animals Learn the basics! E. C. Ambrose 5381 Sunday 3:00pm CC Hall A—Art Show Art Show—Buyer Pickup, After Auction Sales & Print Shop Close 5384 Sunday 3:00pm CC Hall A—Dealers Room Dealers Room Closes 5387 Sunday 3:00pm CC Hall C Exhibit Hall C Closes 5390 Sunday 3:00pm CC Hall C—Guinan’s Place Guinan’s Place Closes 5393 Sunday 3:00pm 1hr CC Integra Telecom Ballroom 100B Closing Ceremonies Say farewell to Spokane and hello to Kansas City by reflecting on this Worldcon and looking forward to next year. Our closing ceremony will cap off a great convention in a great city in a great year of SF and Fantasy. Parting is such sweet sorrow. 5396 Sunday 4:00pm 15min CC 206BCD Children’s Program Closes Tanks for coming! Hope you’ll bring your kids to next year’s Worldcon, MidAmeriCon 2, in Kansas City, MO! http://www. midamericon2.org 5399 Sunday 7:00pm 4hr DBT Spokane Falls Suite C Dead Sasquatch Filk One last chance to get in some filking! 5402 Sunday 7:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Information/Volunteers Close 5405 Sunday 8:00pm 4hr DBT 15th foor—Presidental Suite Con Suite—Dead Dog Opens Stop up and say so long as long as the door is open 5408 Sunday 8:00pm CC Hall D (Riverside Lobby) Accessibility Closes 136 PARTICIPANT SCHEDULE

Alexander James Adams: 1039, Ken Burnside: 2246, 2774, 2822, 1234, 2057, 2207, 3801, 5309, 3666, 5252 5360 Kurt Busiek: 2258, 3114, 4108 John Joseph Adams: 3336, 3510, Pat Cadigan: 1084, 2615, 3456, 4381, 4462, 5120, 5348 4138, 4570, 5219 Katherine Addison: 3492, 3672, Brian Campbell: 3291, 3576, 4294, 4648 3744, 4558 Alma Alexander: 2669, 3051, Jack Campbell: 2594, 3174, 3597, 3492, 4600, 4807, 5141 4210, 4387, 5330 Casey Almas: 1093, 2042, 3717, Elizabeth Cano: 2846, 2870 4720, 4804 Claire Carey: 3903 E. C. Ambrose: 2297, 2501, 3669, Lilli Ann Carey: 3903 4174, 4330, 5378 Rob Carlos: 1318, 2243, 2504, Karen G. Anderson: 1294, 4465, 3165, 5198 4651 Brenda Carre: 1318, 3165, 3720, Kevin J. Anderson: 3114, 3504, 5198 3588, 3759, 4024, 4204, 5141, Gail Carriger: 4198, 4246, 4453, 5345 4582, 4615 Scott H. Andrews: 3573, 4462, Jennifer L. Carson: 1294, 2165, 4540 3516, 4042 Lou Antonelli: 2420, 2549, 3459, Ben Cartwright: 3570 3630, 4684 Melissa Carvell: 2759, 2849, Bobbi Armbruster: 2597 4870, 4909 Gene Armstrong: 1120, 1288, Jefrey A. Carver: 2294, 2675, 2636 4126, 4555 Gregory Astill: 4270 Amy Sterling Casil: 2504, 2696, James Bacon: 2471, 3615, 4573 3516, 4573 Ryan Bain: 4270 Michael Cassutt: 2498, 3126, Kate Baker: 3018, 3600, 3666, 3552, 4543 3822 Elonda Castro: 3543 Henry Balen: 5222 Gregg Castro: 1327, 2213, 3069, Gerri Balter: 1036, 2048, 4330 3510, 4660, 5234 Dave Bara: 2432 Frank Catalano: 2501, 2825, Steven Barnes: 3075, 3222, 3207, 3477 3522, 3690, 3723, 4135, 4258, Beth Cato: 2177, 2432, 3309, 4405, 4546, 4675, 5141, 5351 3564 Astrid Bear: 3342 Ann Chamberlin: 1198, 2048, Elizabeth Bear: 1129, 2735, 2507, 5234 3294, 4216, 4738 Peter Charron: 2153, 2777, 3111 Greg Bear: 2330, 2681, 3306, C.J. Cherryh: 1255, 3165, 3420 3768, 5165, 5327 Blind Lemming Chifon: 2627, Alan F. Beck: 1063, 2243, 2504, 4810 4159 Wade Chitwood: 4222 Tom Becker: 2342 Debi Chowdhury: 3066 Annie Bellet: 1297, 2414, 2672, Arthur Chu: 2177, 3168, 4291, 3429, 3744, 4663 4558, 4750 Carol Berg: 2324, 2594, 2681, Wesley Chu: 1129, 2417, 3351, 2834, 4051 3561, 4354, 5240 John Berlyne: 2258, 3012, 3612, TJ Burnside Clapp: 3399, 3489 4168, 4513 Cassandra Rose Clarke: 2579, Joshua Bilmes: 1057, 2654, 2669, 3390, 3519, 4354 3012, 4252, 4513 Neil Clarke: 2579, 2687, 3018, Rayce Bird: 3033, 4012, 5027 3312, 3483, 4114, 4462 E. C. Blake: 2834, 3126, 3252, Cheryce Clayton: 4099, 4291, 3399, 3603, 4564 4660, 5330 Kendare Blake: 4480, 4675, David Clements: 1015, 2162, 5069, 5243 2333, 3396, 5147 Kent Bloom: 2510, 4450 Brenda Clough: 2294, 2675, Sheri Boggs: 2129 3222, 3288, 3342, 3861, 4108, Susan A Bolich: 2240, 4213, 5366 5198, 5330 Karen Collins: 1231, 3618, 3819, Alan Boyle: 1045, 2162, 2576, 5324 3681 Denise Connell: 1105, 1231, Tali Brady: 2846, 2870 2255, 2825, 3093, 3393, 3819, Joy Bragg-Staudt: 2228, 2663, 4288, 4327 3057, 3432, 4741 Tina Connolly: 3765 Patricia Briggs: 1129, 1294, Guy Consolmagno: 1351, 1366, 2165, 2501, 3081, 4414, 5276 2162, 2408, 2477, 3090, 3264, Anna Brougher: 2129 3411, 3846, 4078, 4321 Ajani Brown: 3105, 3390, 3426, Jefrey Cook: 2189 3570 Brenda Cooper: 2591, 2855, Charlotte Lewis Brown: 2171, 3306, 4045, 4582 2825, 3207, 3339, 3570, 3855, Clay Cooper: 2285, 2366, 2753, 4327, 4651 4237, 4516 Jennifer Brozek: 2774, 3210, Stephen Cooper: 3465, 3654 3297, 3690, 4114, 4351, 5123, Jeri Lynn Cornish: 2084 5291 John Coxon: 1291 Ginjer Buchanan: 2258, 2495, Mary Crowell: 2816, 3039, 3399, 4366, 4525, 5255 3762, 5360 Troy Bucher: 3465, 3555, 4024, Ctein: 1042, 2828, 3510, 3582, 4285 4465 Kelly Buehler: 3615 PARTICIPANT SCHEDULE 137

Dominick D'Aunno: 2306, 2861, Brad Foster: 1063, 1156, 1213, 3456 2318, 3018, 3585, 4114, 4201, Tessa Dagger: 1333 4378, 5156 Tony Daniel: 2216, 2582, 3516, Diana Pharaoh Francis: 2267, 3612, 4561 3243, 3345, 3720, 4294, 5198 Jared Dashof: 2081, 2321, 3078, Megan Frank: 1075, 2312, 3081, 3381, 4081, 5063 3465, 4285, 5357 Ellen Datlow: 3336, 3765, 4381, William Frank: 1297, 2819, 3483, 4570, 4738, 5315 4567 Klarissa Davis: 2144, 3090, 3498 Valerie Estelle Frankel: 2393, Elon de Arcana: 4387 3093, 3612, 4213, 4732, 5060, Aliette de Bodard: 1069, 1105, 5231 2336, 2456, 3402, 4327, 4651 Deby Fredericks: 1180, 1255, Tanglwyst de Holloway: 1129, 2129, 2579, 3126, 3558, 4279, 2060, 2261, 2567, 3102, 3189, 4615, 5030, 5144 3363, 4174, 4483, 4660, 5081, Janet Freeman-Daily: 2462, 5150, 5213 3207, 3549, 5357 Wendy S. Delmater: 3423, 3573, Warren Frey: 1297, 2177, 2309, 5240 4375, 4540, 4732, 4828, 4906 Linda Denerof: 1021, 1291, Taiyo Fujii: 2195, 3216, 4207, 2081, 2321, 2495, 2597, 3078, 4429, 4612, 4735 3381, 3858, 4081, 5063 Gregory Gadow: 2306, 2828, Scott Dennis: 1291 3549, 4039, 4465 Daniel Dern: 3195, 3450, 3660, Tom Galloway: 2816, 4192 4180, 5165 Andrea Garland: 4222 William Dietz: 2330, 2555, 3312, Helen Gbala: 2831, 3648, 4537 3486, 3576, 4489 Deb Geisler: 1075, 1291, 2255, Kris Dinnison: 2129, 5030 3369, 3654, 4366 Vincent Docherty: 1021, 2348, Madeleine Geraghty: 3228, 4024, 4366, 5162, 5354 3456 Matthew Dockrey: 2303, 2486, David Gerrold: 1030, 1156, 2021, 4261, 5354 2348, 2498, 3300, 3585, 3696, Michelle Dockrey: 4384, 4747, 4459, 4858, 5255, 5321 4768 Jerry Gieseke: 1120, 2663, 3567, Sarina Dorie: 2486, 2642, 3057, 3675 3624, 4213, 4519, 4663 Sheila Gilbert: 3738 Paul Dormer: 1291 Nichole Giles: 1039, 1228, 2093, Douglas Drummond: 3648 4198, 4378, 5030, 5306 Tananarive Due: 3486, 3690, ElizaBeth Gilligan: 1039, 1078, 3732, 4105, 4858, 5303, 5351 1201, 2051, 3684 Matthew Duez: 4654 Laura Anne Gilman: 2507, 2654, Donald Eastlake: 1291, 2081, 3555, 4150, 4426, 5012, 5033 2321, 3078, 3381, 4081, 5063 Richard Gilmore: 4387 Scott Edelman: 1294, 2138, James C. Glass: 2237, 3090, 2552, 2816, 3018, 3309, 3690, 3396, 4087, 4303, 5159, 5276 4108, 4699, 5069 Glenn Glazer: 1018, 1291, 2405, Laurie Toby Edison: 2588, 3288 2780, 3546, 5288, 5354 Phyllis Eide: 1018, 1327, 3456, Molly Gloss: 2609, 4216, 4402, 4528, 5162 4744 Kate Elliott: 2624, 3678, 4267, Mike Glyer: 3735, 4567, 5144, 4354, 5243, 5291 5357 Kyle Elliott: 3165, 3792 Barry Gold: 1348, 2153, 2807, Cecilia A. Eng: 2756, 3723, 4072, 3900, 4384, 4681 4384, 4468 Lee Gold: 1348, 2756, 2807, Nick Enge: 2759, 2849, 4870, 3255, 3900 4909 Lynn Gold: 1102, 2207, 2441, Craig Engler: 2561, 3114, 4543 2756, 4576 Alaina Ewing: 1024, 2093, 2417, Ari Goldstein: 2246, 3567, 3675 3720 Steven Gould: 3297, 4213, 4315, Tony Fabris: 4384, 4747, 4768 4531, 5306 Alicia Faires: 2156, 3441, 3642, Inez Gowsell: 1300, 3135, 4393, 4732 5324 April Faires: 2156, 2333, 3642, Sandra C. Greenberg: 3399, 4357 3687, 5270, 5339 Jane Fancher: 1255, 3165, 3420 Tim Greenup: 3036 Doug Farren: 2183, 3798, 4024, Daryl Gregory: 2432, 3519, 4189, 4285, 4453, 4555, 4663 4738, 5105 Cynthia Felice: 2165, 3303, 4291, Tim Grifn: 3192, 3399, 3687, 4540 4564, 4642 Jef Fennel: 1174, 2660 David Grubbs: 3663 Mark J. Ferrari: 2414, 2558, Eileen Gunn: 3288, 3459, 4189, 3099, 3219, 4471, 4624 5171, 5267 Jim Fiscus: 1057 Caren Gussof: 2192, 2681, 3348, Eric Flint: 2459, 3747, 4567, 5171, 3684, 4612, 4741 5345 Karen Haber: 2414, 4276 Kaja Foglio: 1273, 2288, 2717, Theresa Halbert: 1063, 2066, 2849, 3210, 4198, 4249, 5198 2222, 3279, 4255, 4486, 5132 Phil Foglio: 1192, 1273, 1318, Gay Haldeman: 4039, 5012 2276, 2717, 2849, 3210, 4249, Joe Haldeman: 2339, 2576, 2651, 4498, 5198 3471, 3693, 5012 Susan Forest: 3765, 4351, 4675, Alan Halfhill: 2150, 2618, 4672 5069, 5228 138 PARTICIPANT SCHEDULE

Vandy Hall: 2243, 2588, 2660, Daniel Kimmel: 1036, 2120, 3342 3858, 4582, 5255 David Hartwell: 2600, 2657, Linda King: 4387 3225, 3306, 4126, 4585 Sharon King: 2171, 4324, 4606, Teddy Harvia: 1213, 2318, 3378, 4738 3615, 4054, 5333 Nick Kittilstved: 3792 W. A. Hawkes-Robinson: 1066, Zaza Koshkadze: 1027, 2165, 2246, 3744 4207, 4618 Lisa Hayes: 2081, 3078, 4081, Mari Kotani: 4735 5063 Nancy Kress: 2267, 2600, 3111, Rhiannon Held: 3081, 3312, 3228, 5264 3348, 4231, 5240 Yanni Kuznia: 3081, 3573, 3759 Randy Henderson: 2546, 2639, Mur Laferty: 2105, 2264, 2702, 2855, 3042, 4213, 4666 2816, 3219, 3576, 4093, 4339, Jeanine Hennig: 1285, 2339, 5225 2444, 3360, 5102 Carolina Gomez Lagerlof: 3654 Trish Henry: 2129 Erin Lale: 1084, 2135, 3516, 4186 John Hertz: 2186, 2252, 3387, Bruce J. Lambie: 2846, 2870 4102, 4417, 5300 Anaea Lay: 2063, 2594, 3150, Melanie Herz: 1102 4462, 4648, 5090, 5279 Patrick Hester: 1297, 2123, 3666, Alexis Layton: 3663 4111, 4573 Susan Leabhart: 1324 Bill Higgins: 2162, 2333, 2831, Ann Leckie: 4210, 4555, 5090, 3396, 3846, 4078, 4564 5237, 5279 Leigh Ann Hildebrand: 2045, Fonda Lee: 1123, 2417, 2549, 2177, 2816, 5255 3297, 4354, 4582, 5117 Chip Hitchcock: 4210 Mary Soon Lee: 2279, 2546, P. C. Hodgell: 1030, 2219, 3402, 3312, 3423, 4138, 4648 4333, 4609 Elizabeth Leggett: 1213, 2105, James A. Hofman: 1324 2243, 2318, 4024, 5042 Anne Hoppe: 2255, 2825, 3093, Edward M. Lerner: 2189, 2576, 3207, 3339, 4288, 4327 3306, 3741 Annalee Flower Horne: 2261, Fred Lerner: 3201, 3303 2645, 2819, 3390, 4174, 4297, David D. Levine: 1030, 1129, 4399 2357, 2486, 3345, 4342, 5231 Rich Horton: 2180, 3225, 4381, Suford Lewis: 2645, 3735, 5213 4555 Tony Lewis: 1075, 2162, 3366 Nina Horvath: 1156, 2411, 3405, Hua Li: 3756 3885, 4213, 4687 Uke Li: 3438 Jason Hough: 1033, 2258, 3231, Ruth Lichtwardt: 5288 3576, 4618, 5330 Grá Linnaea: 2486, 2546, 3501, Crystal Huf: 2423 3519, 4045 Bobbie Benton Hull: 1030, 1285, Ken Liu: 3126, 3528, 3756, 4147, 2333, 3510, 3534, 4177, 4660 4267 Elizabeth Anne Hull: 2180, 2291, Molly Lloyd: 1093, 2042, 3717, 5171 3792, 4720, 4804 Walter H. Hunt: 4096, 4330, M. J. Locke: 2858, 3042, 4567, 4684, 5054, 5303 5180 Kameron Hurley: 2546, 3225, Jess Lucht: 2129 4663 Perrianne Lurie: 2306, 3666, Luke Hutson: 1093, 2042, 3717, 4558, 5231 3792, 4720, 4804 Bradford Lyau: 2477, 2651, 3222, Tim Illingworth: 1291 3468 Walidah Imarisha: 2546, 3570, Scott Lynch: 3765, 4282, 5141, 3624, 4360, 5171 5345 Jean Johnson: 3585 Kim Lynn: 1333 Keith Johnson: 2150, 2618, Patricia MacEwen: 1078, 1141, 3636, 4672 2291, 2777, 3468, 5162 Matthew Johnson: 3171, 3414, Charlene MacKay: 1255, 1345, 3477, 3765, 4138, 4351, 4621 2087, 2531, 5144, 5198 Leslie Johnston: 2567, 3183, J Randal MacKay: 1345, 2087, 3537, 4363, 4486 2129, 2663 Esther Jones: 1216, 2117, 2489, Shahid Mahmud: 3759, 5159 2669, 3210, 3318, 3519, 4126 Nick Mamatas: 2183, 2654, Frog Jones: 1285, 2132, 2609, 3348, 4612 2663, 2774, 3408, 4198, 4456, Richard Man: 2768 4612 Jim Mann: 2309, 2852, 3654 H.M. Jones: 1285, 2183, 2786, Laurie Mann: 1231, 1330, 2585, 3216, 3558 3228, 3750, 4450 Heather Rose Jones: 2153, 2339, Louise Marley: 1033, 2609, 3096, 2828, 3270, 4273, 5033 3303 Richard Kadrey: 1117, 2633, Darlene Marshall: 2417, 2672, 3402, 4294, 4633 3303, 4195, 4648 Nick Kanas: 2315, 2861, 3180, George R. R. Martin: 2513, 3237, 3456, 4684 4477, 5321 Bob Kanefsky: 2147, 3255 Shelley Martin: 1216, 2711, Jordin T. Kare: 2234, 3090, 3399, 4015, 5030 3579 Tim Martin: 3792, 4015, 4612 Keith G. Kato: 4258, 4405 Belinda McBride: 4303 Cherise Kelley: 2087 Todd McCafrey: 2093, 2438, Kay Kenyon: 2507, 2633, 3384, 3228, 5285 3612, 4042, 5210 Dave McCarty: 1291, 2597 PARTICIPANT SCHEDULE 139

Elizabeth McCarty: 1114 John Picacio: 2174, 2375, 3114, Kathy McCracken: 2345 3312, 5246 Robert McDonell: 1345, 2450, Sarah Pinsker: 2858, 3219, 3708, 2630 4351, 4684 Julie McGalliard: 1039, 1072, John Pitts: 2210, 3690, 4294, 2045, 2318, 3093, 3369, 3681, 4333, 5078 4675 Mir Plemmons: 1015, 1327, Vonda N. McIntyre: 1156, 2021, 3336, 3516, 4060, 4660, 4744 2294, 2603, 2675, 3111, 3228, John Pomeranz: 3750 3585, 4588, 5159, 5321 Pat Porter: 3567, 3675 Beth Meacham: 2657, 3222, William Campbell Powell: 3147, 4207, 5045 3297, 3423, 3648, 4042, 4615 Jeanne Mealy: 2045, 4039, 4465 Phyllis Irene Radford: 1216, Christie Meierz: 1033, 2654, 2051, 2585, 3765, 4318, 4744 2834, 3048 Cat Rambo: 2021, 3045, 3468, R.M. Meluch: 3126 3780, 4351, 4630, 5171, 5240 Marissa Meyer: 3297, 3492, 5141 Gillian Redfearn: 1105, 2093, Heath B. Miller: 2474 2501, 3486, 4828, 5069, 5279 Kamila Miller: 2834, 3393 Jenn Reese: 2417, 4279 Rory Miller: 2483, 2594, 3720 Charlie Reeves: 2309, 2498, Deborah Millitello: 2681 4111, 5351 L. E. Modesitt Jr.: 2048, 2450, Mike Resnick: 1057, 2507, 3267, 3165, 3492, 3720, 5276 4102, 4228, 4381, 4462 Rebecca Moesta: 4114, 4279, Donnie Reynolds: 3276 4615, 5159 Joyce Reynolds-Ward: 2081, Devon Monk: 2258, 3402, 3621 3078, 4081, 5063 Helen Montgomery: 1102 Jessica Rising: 1051, 1255, 2129, Nancy Jane Moore: 2294, 2675, 2579, 2711, 3012, 3486, 3516, 3087, 3690, 4588 3612, 4015, 4279, 4471, 4513, Sam Morgan: 3012, 4513 4612, 5030, 5291 Mary Morman: 2510, 4450 Arlin Robins: 2504, 2588, 3258, Fred Moulton: 2336 5036 Lee Moyer: 2414, 2660, 3231, Madeleine Robins: 2294, 3246, 3378 3345, 4216, 4453, 5303 Edward Muller: 2291, 3042, Lezli Robyn: 2165, 4657, 5240 4732 Kevin Roche: 2816, 3891, 4444, Ramez Naam: 2336, 2528, 3111, 5324 3510, 3852, 5165 Roberta Rogow: 2678 Linda Nagata: 2183, 2330, 2372, Andrew Ross: 2699 2609, 3216, 3594 Lauren Roy: 2261, 2489, 3126, Pati Nagle: 2294, 2675, 4303 3240, 5231, 5291 Patrick Nielsen Hayden: 2300, Stefan Rudnicki: 2249, 2432, 2657, 3222, 5303 3219, 3366, 3423, 3861 Teresa Nielsen Hayden: 1015, Kristine Rusch: 3366, 4114, 2300, 2495, 3393, 3582 4582, 5234 G. David Nordley: 1084, 2234, Lea Rush: 2663 3084, 3549, 4045, 4447 Michelle Sagara: 3081, 3225, Megan E. O'Keefe: 2267 3402, 4048, 4552 Dave O’Neil: 2612 Kathy Sanders: 2468, 2645, Ronald Oakes: 2573, 2720, 2774 4090 Mark L. Olson: 1075, 1291, 2333, Brandon Sanderson: 2369, 2852, 3396, 3735, 4276, 4450 2669, 3198, 3525, 3882, 4471, Priscilla Olson: 2852, 3681, 4192, 5276, 5345 5342 Cisily Sandoval: 1318, 2543, Mark Oshiro: 2168, 2312, 2453, 3918, 4015 3558, 4291, 4471 Emily Sandoval: 2045, 2543, David Ossman: 3060, 3186 3918, 4015 Kathi Overton: 5294 Joei Sandoval: 2543, 3918, 4015 Shannon Page: 1144, 3633, 5306 Steve Savitzky: 3399, 3507 Ada Palmer: 2477, 2651, 3201, Robert J. Sawyer: 2498, 3231, 4384, 4495, 4573, 5150, 5297 3327, 3393, 3495, 4207 Susan Palwick: 2492, 2855, Sharon Sbarsky: 4348 3342, 3765, 4423 john scalzi: 3576, 3753, 4162, Patty Panek: 1105, 1231, 1333, 4567, 4684 2825, 3339, 3819, 4327 Courtney Schafer: 2339 Carole I. Parker: 2390, 2522, Steven Schapansky: 2309, 4540, 3273 4828, 4906 Laurey Patten: 2339 Sam Scheiner: 2306, 3549, 4651, Robbie Paul: 1285, 1327, 2534, 5162 4441 Lauren Schiller: 3201, 4384, Brooks Peck: 2489, 2576, 3291, 4495 4363, 5039 Bryan Thomas Schmidt: 2855, Jesi Pershing: 2081, 2321, 3078, 3261, 3573, 3624, 4126 3381, 4081, 5063 Stanley Schmidt: 2141, 2600, David Peterson: 2672, 3108, 3492, 4297 3681, 4126, 4297, 4741, 5282 Maureen Schmitter- Pierre Pettinger Jr: 2405, 2480, Edgecombe: 4084 3546, 4363, 5288 Greg Schneider: 1093, 2042, Sandra Pettinger: 3279, 4174, 3717, 4720, 4804 5213, 5342 Lawrence M. Schoen: 1033, Trina Marie Phillips: 2426, 2666, 2021, 2282, 2327, 2381, 3309, 3480, 4375 3402, 4297, 5012 140 PARTICIPANT SCHEDULE

Karl Schroeder: 2600, 2651, Bill Sutton: 3399, 3783, 4390, 2819, 3480, 3627, 4240, 5162, 5360 5243 Brenda Sutton: 3399, 3783, J. Neil Schulman: 2564, 4471 4390, 5360 Marah Searle-Kovacevic: 1120, Michael Swanwick: 3855, 4138, 3477 4303, 4333, 5066 Adrienne Seel: 1291 Eric Swedin: 2477, 5303 Stephen Segal: 2021, 2414, Shanna Swendson: 1105, 2159, 2837, 3216, 3858, 4285, 4474, 2393, 2507, 3093, 3354, 4621, 5012, 5108 5234 Stu Segal: 2021, 2183, 2585, David Syphers: 4549 3018, 3465, 4024, 5012 Fei Tang: 1108, 3306, 3756, 5201 Ben Seims: 1171, 3720 Takayuki TATSUMI: 4735 Molly Severens: 4015 William Alvis Thomasson: 1078, James “Jimbo” Seyler: 1162, 3111 1285, 2204 Amy Thomson: 2816, 3309, 3750 Andi Shechter: 1078, 2495 Kaye Thornbrugh: 1216, 2045, Michael Shefeld: 4258, 4405 2189, 3285, 4612 Randall Shephard: 1291 Betsy Tinney: 4384, 4702, 4747, Sharon Shinn: 2681, 3153, 3303, 4768 4420 Kaede Tinney: 4384, 4747 Joe Siclari: 1114, 2495, 3750, Liza Groen Trombi: 3483, 5168 4102, 4276, 4363 Leslie Turek: 1075, 1156, 2585, Steven Silver: 1177, 1330, 2852, 3018, 3411, 3585, 3663, 4366, 3393, 3459, 5012, 5342 4522, 4645 Robert Silverberg: 2180, 3237, Setsu Uzume: 2834, 3324, 3756, 4582 4648 Janna Silverstein: 2774, 3369 Catherynne M. Valente: 2474, Pat Sims: 1114 2621, 2828, 3018, 3492, 4375, Roger Sims: 1114, 4102, 4153 4435, 4723, 5357 Jack Skillingstead: 4189, 4387, Fran Van Cleave: 3372 5153 Gordon Van Gelder: 3573 Robert L. Slater: 5090 Mark Van Name: 4108, 4225, Kathleen Sloan: 2606 5165 Alan Smale: 1084, 1294, 2354, James Van Pelt: 1087, 2267, 2777, 4612 2669, 4057, 5033 Julia Smith: 2777, 2828, 3609, Alex von Thorn: 1120, 3567, 4297, 4846 3675 Randy Smith: 2720, 5075 Matt Wallace: 2264, 2633, 3156, Tom Smith: 1156, 1192, 2021, 3480 2207, 2399, 2585, 2756, 3255, Michael J. Walsh: 3759 3390, 3585, 3891, 4378, 4540 Jo Walton: 1033, 2477, 3201, Jason Snell: 3681, 4093, 4678 3312, 4210, 4369, 4627 Melinda Snodgrass: 2498, 3357, Regina Kanyu Wang: 2054, 4303, 4492, 5321 3321, 3615, 3756, 4456 Terry Soule: 4132 Cynthia Ward: 4354 Anne Sowards: 3516, 3657 Janine Wardale: 1054, 2075, Ethan Spangler: 4270 2228, 3102, 3189, 3444, 4069 Bud Sparhawk: 3045, 3417, John Wardale: 1153, 2384, 2684, 3468, 4351, 5090, 5330 3444, 3540, 3645, 4069 Daniel Spector: 1063, 3486, Gordon Watts: 2846, 2870 4366 Marc Weber: 4183 Sara Stamey: 4126 Toni Weisskopf: 2093, 2330, Kevin Standlee: 1021, 1291, 2582, 3045, 3516, 3612, 4024, 2081, 2321, 2816, 3078, 3381, 4102, 4207, 4456, 5129 4081, 5063 John Welker: 1066, 2246, 3744 Maurine Starkey: 3291, 4375 Dan Wells: 3198, 3555, 3711, Ferrett Steinmetz: 3231 4093, 4375, 4612, 5171, 5207 Torrey Stenmark: 2075, 2390, Martha Wells: 2309, 2552, 3231, 2522, 2570, 3102, 3183, 3279, 3474, 4138, 4345 3441, 4348, 4564, 5375 Susan Wensel: 3609 Monica Stenzel: 3036 Lori White: 3396, 3723, 4045, Richard Stephens: 1231, 2171, 5072, 5234, 5279 2390, 2522, 2645, 3054, 3339, Paula Whitehouse: 3420 3684, 4306, 4486 Gwen Whiting: 1216, 2189, 2633, Sarah Stever: 2339 3204, 4363, 4744 Alan Stewart: 2246, 4216, 5168 Tom Whitmore: 2171, 2255, Andrea G. Stewart: 2261, 2489, 2663, 3339, 3735, 4276, 5204 2672, 3375, 3621, 4741 Holly Wichman: 4132 Selene Stohl: 3453 Rick Wilber: 2180, 2378, 2525, Eleanor Stokes: 2699, 3291, 3219, 3468, 3621, 4684 3666, 4558 Fran Wilde: 2090, 2171, 2507, Eric James Stone: 2549, 3462, 3309, 4456, 4651, 5060, 5306 3726, 4189, 4684 Kevin Wiley: 4453 Erwin S. (Filthy Pierre) Strauss: Connie Willis: 1123, 2429, 3177, 2810 4024, 4582, 5321 Charles Stross: 2177, 2651, 2819, Cordelia Willis: 2567, 3369, 3213, 3312, 4165, 4555 3441, 5150 Jef Sturgeon: 1063, 1111, 2432, Mike Willmoth: 2405, 3546, 2660, 2837, 3114, 3234, 3378, 5288 4171 Jason Wodicka: 3567, 3675 Kathryn Sullivan: 2609 PARTICIPANT SCHEDULE 141

Sally Woehrle: 1018, 1120, 1156, Ben Yalow: 1291 2405, 3546, 5288 Alvaro Zinos-Amaro: 1060, Gary K. Wolfe: 2180, 2858, 3225, 1123, 2576, 3549, 4336, 5168 5168 Mike Zipser: 5294 Jim Wright: 2819, 3477, 5357 142 NOTES NOTES 143 144 NOTES DOUBLETREE HOTEL